Revel Salon2s: Seeking Advice

christianb5s4, Was this going to be a purchase of opportunity or are you looking to upgrade the Kanta 3's? 

@steve59 I was contemplating given Upscale's closeout on them, but decided to sit tight.

Demo is a must to decide- it’s very subjective.  
Probably most would prefer the Revel’s over the Focals, but only you can decide what you like.  

A local dealer told me he started noticing all the praise Revel was getting on some web sites. He said he bought out another dealers inventory and started carrying the line and it took 6 months to sell the first pair. For the same reason kef struggles in demos. the missing bass boost around 100 hz from 'accurate' speakers takes time to adjust to.   

Without question, the Revel Salon 2 speakers would be an upgrade over your Kanta 3 speakers, which I've had the opportunity to hear on a couple of occasions.  The Salon 2s are considered by many, including myself,  as an end-game, reference caliber speaker.  I believe that the Salon 2s are on a higher plateau of performance than the Kanta 3s are as I strongly believe that the Salon 2s are just  flat out better all around performers than the Kanta 3.  I like the Salon 2s over the Sopra 3 speakers as well.  I have an audiophile buddy who has a pair of Focal speakers which are the model just above the Sopra 3s, and I like the Salon 2 speakers better that them, too.  The Kanta 3s are a fantastic sounding speaker, but they just can't match the superior bass impact, dynamic impact and top-to-bottom overall completeness of sound that the Salon 2s produce.  Despite their age, I believe that the designers of the Salon 2s created a technical marvel those years back and they actually caught lighting-in-a-bottle with the Salon 2s creating a speaker that have withstood the test of time.  Amazing how that Salon 2s still compare so favorably with today best.  The Revel Salon 2 speakers could be your last.