Revel Salon 2 vs Vandersteen 5a Carbon

I have heard the 5A Carbons many times at the Audio Connection before they were discontinued. They are great speakers with an amazing midrange. The high frequencies with the Carbon tweeter make music so natural sounding that you will listen late into the night. The bass is fully adjustable to your room using the 11 band equalizer.

Overall , a great speaker. You might want to go over to the Forum on the Vandersteen website where you will find owners of the 5A Carbon that will be able to give you a more thorough description of the 5A Carbon sound.

I own Vandersteen Treo CT's. Good Luck!

Thank you.

I narrowed my selection based of all the positive accolades I have read over the last several years. I know there will be many more options but I am trying to simplify the process.

The salon2 needed more power than my 250/425wpc amp could provide and I let them go. The Vandy's I've heard had huge mids with a  kinda thick bass and a soundstage that made me wonder if they were wired in phase. 

The Walsh 5000s produce a very refined yet coherent sound in a large airy soundstage; they are audibly superior to the mk2. I spoke to JS at Ohm when I was debating upgrading to the 5000 years ago; he told me the inverted cone main driver was a cost-no-object driver using cast frames, very powerful neodymium magnets, cloth surrounds for long life and excellent wave termination and IIRC metal cones, though not sure about this last detail. The thing is they have such a low noise floor, no energy storage and no colorations. Because of their high dispersion dynamics (with the right amplifier) are startling and explosive, energizing the entire room.

You should call JS at Ohm. He will give you an honest assessment whether the 5000s are a worthwhile upgrade. Of course the F5015s are his definitive loudspeaker for wide range and highly dynamic unrestrained reproduction. Reportedly they are extraordinary!