Revel new Ultima2 Salon have you heard it ?

I have ordered as well, please (Alwyn & Kennyt) share your experiences in the first weeks. Which speaker cables do you use? Did you try different amps? How long was the break in period etc.? Thanks, Gernot

Now that I have had the speakers in my listening room for a while, I can add that I CANNOT recommend JPS Labs Aluminata speaker cables ($10,000!). ML 432 amp. No chance against the Kimber KS-3038 by a huge margin! I was told that I need more Aluminatas (interconnects and power cables) and so I did put them in. Didn't help either. After 3 days I returned to my Harmonix HGP-SUS...!

Kennyt,
many thanks for your suggestion to try the Transparent cables. I have asked Revel and they said that Kevin has used a lot of different cables for the Ultima2 development and mainly Levinson amps. My cable tests continued: MIT Oracle 3.2 and Synergistic Apex Tesla had no chance against the KS-3038 as well.
Psacanli,
a "real" comparison (same room and equipment) with the Dynaudios might be a challenge. I suppose you referred to the original Salon? The answer is (based on my memory and on answers by dealers) that the Salon2 sounds similar to the original version, but it does many things significantly better.

French_fries,
frankly speaking I doubt that (SA)CD player development has seen relevant progress in the last couple of years, so I'm not really surprised that the 390S still does a great job! The same might be true for speakers as well... After 20 years of music reproduction experience, I came to the conclusion that basically all the equipment out there is not too far away from what is possible and it's mainly a matter of personal taste if you decide for ML, Krell, BAT, Einstein, Jadis, Esoteric, Revel, Reimyo, Burmester, ....
Do you use a pre-amp with your 390S???