"Blown away by KEF/Hegel combo!!!!"

Good to hear , the most important thing is to Your Ears 

It's nice equipment  I did not know what your dac was 

The Ayre is detailed and refined , let me give You All

A tip I have tried all fuses out there , the New Audio Magic

Masterpiece-2  fuse is Great I compared with the Syn master fuse

So much  more analog  and real sounding  the for $300 by a country mile the best 

Tweak out there and Alfred gives you 30 days audition 

Vs the SN pink  within 1 hr out of the  box  much better depth and 

3D realism  !!

@tak1 

First, I strongly believe that certain integrated amps, especially the super high-end, high-quality, high powered/current integrated amps, such as Hegel, Gryphon, etc., offer performance excellence at such high levels of proficiency and power, they practically negate the need for separates (and that applies to sound quality as well), especially for those of us who prioritize simplicity, minimalism and efficiency.  As for comparing between my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers and the incredible KEK Blade One Meta speakers, I would say that, after all these years, the Revel Salon 2 speakers are s still very much comparable to, and competitive with any of todays contemporary world-class speakers within their class, price point, and well beyond!!!  For one, the Salon 2’s have greater bass extension than the KEF’s.  However, the KEF’s may have a slight advantage in dynamics over the Salons, and this may still be subjective.  For me, the beauty of the Revel Salon 2 speakers is that, they leave me just not having to want for anything else/more. Annually, I attend a couple Audio Shows out here on the West Coast, and I get to hear all of the greatest gear on the market today (including my several local high-end audio dealers), and after having the opportunity to hear so many excellent speakers locally and at the shows, nothing I ever hear makes me want to run out and sell my Salon 2’s for something else (and that included the KEK Blade One Meta).  I call the Revel Salon 2 speakers in todays market of super duper expensive speaker  "The Great Equalizers,"  especially considering how much they can be had for on the used market (price to performance).  Again, when I compare price to performance, for my money, there isn’t a single other pair of speakers (new or used), that I can think of, at this time, that I would trade my Revel Salon 2’s in for.  I strongly believe that a preowned pair of Revel Salon 2 speakers are one of the greatest bargains in high-end audio!!!  Also, the sound quality of my Hegel H590 integrated amp and Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC rivals any separates I've ever owned in 30 years(I'm extremely happy with it!!!).  Needless to say, my Salon 2’s are my end-game speakers.  A little long-winded, but I hope that I answered your  question.  Happy listening      

The KEF Blade Meta is a nice sounding speaker, it would have sounded better with something like a Rotel Michi, Schiit Tyr, etc though...

Hegel’s a bit dry and fatigue inducing.., i wouldn’t do a blade like that... 

The sound was super dynamic, wonderfully detailed and transparent, the bass was phenomenal, the soundstage was tall and wide with much depth and separation and coherency, beautifully natural, smooth, lush and full sounding, and it was also easy on the ears, and not in any way bright sounding.  

There is a Hegel dealer near me, relative, 5 hours away.  He told me flat out the Hegel is the unit to buy, with his access as a dealer to numerous other brand names.  I have never heard Hegel, but the reviews and comments are so positive.

I do have to say the read on the sterophile review of the salon 1 that jbl did is a good read.jbl is flush with cash and research at that time early 2000. Thier r and d facility was hard to match by any company  the engineer had cost no object money to produce the salon 1 and the sound lab that was involved. I took my saloon 1 and put a satori high end be tweeter and made it a pseudo salon 2. Bought them used 3.5 k several years ago and drive them with michi m8, hegel h 30a,mcintosh 1.25 and it handles it all. Next to my tekton another bang for buck setup. So plus several 1 for salon made by jbl the legend. Enjoy the music.