Tube Amps for Revel Salons

I'm very satisfied with a pair of Carver VTA 180 mono's driving my Avalon Eidolons. More than enough power with solid full bass and a luscious presentation. American made point to point wiring, no wire boards or crimp connectors. Easy to bias the six cool running tubes per mono with a seven year transferable warrantee.

I would recommend the parasound JC-1s they are nice sounding they do out off some heat which is why I got rid of mine but they sound pretty great for their low-ish price. Or a pass x350.5 would be nice as well

I drive my salon 2's with a NAD M2. I do not get much bottom end extension though the highs and mids are smooth with good PCM data fed via coaxial input. NAD is rated 250WPC at 8 ohms.

PDog, I forgot to mention that Jeff Rowland uses the Salon 2 in one of their listening rooms. There's lost of decent solid state designs. Rowland's work has a little something that I never fail to hear even in the most ridiculous circumstances.

The best way to have your cake and eat it too is to bi-amp. Solid state on the bass, tubes on mids and highs, I have heard this with several different Revels and it sounds fantastic. Arc ref 150 would work very well as a mid/high amp on the Salons. any older Classe or bryston amp or amps would work well for the bass, get yourself a DS speaker digital EQ/pre amp to put between your bass amp and pre-amp and you can get digital eq from 500 hertz on down, and solid state control. Bi amping this way will take your Revels to a new level, far more open and dynamic, more like real music.