Hi @mattsaunders2000 , you are getting good advice @soix @ghdprentice are as usual spot on. I myself had the 3As with top Denon AVR. Then I got a fairly nice Classe amp and thought I had arrived. I upgraded my DAC, but indeed the AVR even as preamp only was the problem. My first nice pre was the Audionet Pre1 G3. Even as their entry preamp it was so revealing what good sound could be had.
Then I went speaker shopping /auditioning. I heard new Focals, Sonus Faber Amatis, Proac D48 and K ?8, and KEF reference. I did love the Proacs, but the bass was a little bloated sounding (never a port lover). Then last was a visit to a private sale of Revel Salon2’s. I bought them and love them. As you said, they fill the room and do have good off axis dispersion. Mine are in a family room that connects through eat in and in to open kitchen, the whole width of the house, and they sound amazing. I now run them with Audionet Max amps and Mola Mola Makua w onboard Tambaqui, and the Grimm mu1 streamer. But the speakers have stayed through all these upgrades. You still see the Salon 2’s used for 10k ish and they are a steal at that price. So much better than the newer Revel offerings in my opinion. The Salon 2’s are revealing without fatigue, full spectrum, and can fill a large space. They are tall, but that works well in a large combined area. I did take them downstairs where I listen much closer. They were too tall for an intimate setting.
