Best amp for Salon 2

Always heard more good clean power the better with them. High current, high watt, high damping factor is what I would be looking for. I’ve never heard a person recommend a tube amp with these speakers (if you listen loud at all) except AudioTroy above. Never know I guess.There are lots of stories of people with 250/300 watts saying it’s not optimal and I would tend to agree as they are really big and really not efficient compared to most big speaks. 
 

When I heard them they were on monster monos although I cannot recall what it was (maybe a big Bryston) and they were really good although a little dry. 

@ac24 

"Thank you all. These are some solid recommendations in this thread."

Correction: Numerous attempts to help you and one sleezy sales pitch by someone trying to make money off you.

I’ve not heard a two channel setup using Anthem- only 5.1:so I really can’t comment there. I would say if you’re preferring to go with solid state try to get an audition with Plinius as well- they are a very robust product.

Personally I would go with Audio Research but I’m a little biased as I use it.

@mofojo Agree I will stay clear of the tube amps for now. 

@tony1954 - Thanks.  

Thanks. Also are monoblock always better than stereo all else being equal?

Really depends on a lot of things.  Better channel separation and beefier power supplies are implied, but how hard are your speakers to drive??

The reason I ask is that Anthem has 400 watts / Channel at 8 ohms. It’s hard to find monoblock with similar power without making the budget 5-7 times.

I would focus a lot more on how difficult they are to drive. If these are minimum 4 Ohm speakers then a lot of stereo amplifiers at 100 W/Ch or more will be perfectly comfortable. If they double power into 4 Ohms vs. 8 it's a pretty sturdy amplifier.