Amp for Revel Salons

I bought Krell FPB 350 MCX's from a guy who had been
using them with Revel Salons. Reason he was selling? He was upgrading to the 450's. He really liked the Krell Monos, but felt that 350 watts per wasn't enough to drive the Revel Salons to their fullest potential. Just thought I'd pass that on. I would not
recommend a Tube Amp with Revel Salons.

Try the new ML 436s. They sound great with these speakers. If your budget will permit try the ML 33 series which has incredible power. I have listen to these combonations and they are excellent. You should try to listen to these amps with your speakers before buying them.

Add the Spectron Musician II to your list. 500 watts/channel @ 8 ohms, 650 @ 4 ohms.

I've only auditioned the Salons once. The amps were the 33 H and the result was amazing.
They extremely clean and revealing, so you need top class amplification in order to get the best from them. Yes they are demanding on power, but they don't need a 1KW amplifier in order to sound as they should (this depends on one listening tastes, of course).

A less expensive alternative to the ML could be the Plinius SA-250 mk IV, which is an outstanding amp. I've never heard the combo, but I think the plinius will handle it with no problems (I know someone who uses it to power the Apogee Duetta: his pair was measured to deep as low as 0.8 Ohms and this was the only amp he got that could handle them - this includes the large monos from Krell which over-heated). I drive my much more modest Revel M20 with plinius and I think it's a mtch made in heaven, so maybe it works also with their "bigger brothers"

Regarding the tubes, although I've never auditioned any pair of Revels with tube amplification, I think it may be worth trying ... the new 300 W from Tenor Audio could be interesting

Good luck!

Vermeer

I have the Pass Labs X 350 driving the Salons. This is a good match but I believe that these monsters want and need more power. I am thinking about upgrading to the X600.