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Tube Amps for Revel Salons

I'm thinking of going back to tube amps. I would either have to sell my first generation Revel Salons or find a suitablr tube amp that works well with them. I love these speakers, but they do require a certain amount of power to bring out the best in them. Anyone driving these with tubes? What do you recommend? What is the minimum power you would use? Or should I just sell them and get speakers that are more tube friendly? Thanks.
prairiedog
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atmasphere
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We have a customer with a set of MA-1s that raves about the combination. I would have expected that he would have needed more power but that does not seem to be the case.
vicdamone
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I'm very satisfied with a pair of Carver VTA 180 mono's driving my Avalon Eidolons. More than enough power with solid full bass and a luscious presentation. American made point to point wiring, no wire boards or crimp connectors. Easy to bias the six cool running tubes per mono with a seven year transferable warrantee.
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ejlif
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I would recommend the parasound JC-1s they are nice sounding they do out off some heat which is why I got rid of mine but they sound pretty great for their low-ish price. Or a pass x350.5 would be nice as well
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ekanayake
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I drive my salon 2's with a NAD M2. I do not get much bottom end extension though the highs and mids are smooth with good PCM data fed via coaxial input. NAD is rated 250WPC at 8 ohms.
vicdamone
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PDog, I forgot to mention that Jeff Rowland uses the Salon 2 in one of their listening rooms. There's lost of decent solid state designs. Rowland's work has a little something that I never fail to hear even in the most ridiculous circumstances.
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