what the best amps run revel salon2 stronger bass

What amps have you tried?

I would recommend you give the Parasound JC1 mono's a try.

Maybe it's just time to try a new speaker??

If you really want more bass, it is probably either a speaker issue or a "desire" issue. The revel's are very very flat speakers. They are only giving you what is in the signal and the amps you have tested are all very good amps that are pretty flat. You may want to get an EQ and boost the low frequencies.

Another option, if you like the sound of the revel upper end is to try a pair of Infinity P363. Those speakers have a pyscho-acoustic boost in the low end that many people prefer, and have a similar sound to the revels above that.

I know it is heresy what I am saying on a high-end forum, but "good" preferred sound doesn't always come expensive to everyone. And it worst it is only a few hundred $'s which is probably less than you've lost on your amps.

With most music I've been very happy with the bass output from both amps I've used with my Salon 2s (first a Plinius SB-301 stereo amp and now Symphonic Line Kraft 250 monos). On those occasions I crave more bass - maybe 5% of the time - I think about adding subs, not changing amps.

But you do need to provide more information for us to help you. What are your room dimensions? Are there a lot of windows? What amps are you using now? What amps did you try and not find to your liking? Are you still looking for stronger bass response or is there something else you are looking for now?

Tranhu hi, looking at this impedance/-phase angle graph, your speaker are not easy but not as hungry as some.

You need and amp that can supply good continuous current from 20hz to 600hz which is all of the low and upper bass.

Big push pull tube (>120watts) will work but need a good output transformer and a 4ohm tap. Stay away from SE amps, OTL amps, and amps that only have 2 x 6550 or similar tubes per channel, you want at least 4 per channel.

Or you can go for a good quality >100w solid state, BJT (Bi-Polar) output or second choice Mosfet output.

http://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/708Revfig01.jpg

Cheers George

You need and amp that can supply good continuous current from 20hz to 600hz which is all of the low and upper bass.

I would the the Classe and ML solid state amps would have no problem with this, and they have been tried.