Thinking of Kef Blade 2 to replace Revel Salon 2

If you’re at all open to other options, a nice pair of Joseph Audio Pearl 2s just came available here. One of the best I’ve ever heard at a show and winner of more than one best of show awards. The fact that they very rarely show up here seems to indicate they sound good at home too. They don’t give up anything to the Salons on the bass side, and although I wouldn’t call them ruthlessly revealing they certainly do not mask detail. Imaging and soundstage were among the best I’ve ever heard along with pulling a superior disappearing act, and as they have good dispersion characteristics they also image well off axis. Anyway, given your stated goals and that the Pearls just popped up I thought I’d give them a mention.  They likely won't last long here so if interested I'd act sooner rather than later.  Sure wish I could afford'em.  Best of luck.

If only I had room for JA Pearls....

At this level, be careful when the seller of a product offers a single fact and says, "of course mine are better". I heard many expensive speakers (for me anyway) prior to purchasing the Salon 2's". My speakers are not better than yours because they use  pure Beryllium and Titanium cones (which they do) they just sound better to me. 

I’ve talked to people who denied mutliole high end speakers, including ones >$50K, they all said the Blades were the best out of all of them.  
  
Only true contender between $10K-$30K is the Salk SoundScape 12. Something like a B&W is the opposite of what you want, they intentially color the sound in the treble.  

So why not just decide to go with the blade2's and build a system around them? I really enjoy my Salon2's, but my first hi end speakers were Kef R105/3's the first uniq Reference speakers from kef and they were pretty amazing once I got the components right and that's the key. My salons sound good to great dependent on what's driving them, my uniq kefs could sound down right nasty with the wrong amps driving them. Just saying, don't connect your new blade2's to an emotiva amp and come back here complaining they're too harsh. The Revels may seem to revealing but they're always musical.