Revel Salon 2 vs Vandersteen 5a Carbon

Revel Salon 2 is still one of the best speakers in the world, especially for the money!!!  To this day, when I go to High End Audio Shows, or to any of my local High End Audio shops, I very rarely hear any other speaker, regardless of price, that I would trade them in for.  You just get it all with the Salon 2 speakers.  The Salon 2 is one of those end game speakers that once you get them home and set up properly, they just make you forget about the rest because you're so content with there, top to bottom, absolutely spectacular sound.  They're just that good.      

Once you get your hands on a pair of Revel Salon 2 speakers, along with a beefy, high powered amp to drive them, you will thank the High End Audio Gods!!! The Salon 2 speakers are just "PHENOMENAL SPEAKERS." The Salon 2s are definitely one of those "End-game," "Speakers-for-life," reference caliber, world class speakers. With the Salon 2s, you just don’t have to want for anything else. From top-to-bottom, they do everything supremely well.  Over the past 25 years, I’ve owned more types and brands of speakers that you could shake a stick at. But, after purchasing the Revel Salon 2s, it was all over.

But how do you really feel……?

James633 above summarized it well. I have salon 2’s with McIntosh mc611. They are an excellent pairing. The Salon 2’s really are quite extraordinary especially considering their age. I directly compared to the Wilson Sabrina X and found the Revel to be better in terms of midrange and bass. The Revel was able to play louder and command the music. The Sabrina did have a slightly better tweeter. Overall really hard to fault the Salon 2 as it is so well rounded. I listen almost every day and there is no fatiguing.