I don’t really find the Studio2 to be nearly as hard a drive as the Salon2 which is a few dB less efficient and has a rather brutal impedance curve. That said, the Studios do respond to good clean power, but can be driven successfully with any high quality amp that supplies decent current. I think I had heard of a pair being driven by a Pass xa30 that the owner was more than happy with the volume levels in a normally sized room. I think most any product from Pass would work well as would the aforementioned Levinson products particularly the 532h amp or 535 integrated. Not too familiar with the Simaudio offerings but have heard good things about them and their top of the line stuff is very nice but quite expensive of course.
Amp for Revel Ultima Studio 2s
I currently am driving my Revel Studio 2s with a Simaudio Moon Evolution i-7 integrated but am looking to move to a more powerful pre/power amp combination. I only have room for a stereo amp (I don't have room for 2 monoblock amps). My audio cabinet (recently custom made) can also only accommodate an amp 20" or less in depth and 9.5" in height (although less height is ideally needed for the amp to breathe - the space in the cabinet is only 10" high).
I'm considering moving up in the Simaudio line to a P7 or P8 pre-amp plus a W8 amp. Other option is McIntosh MC452 amp and a Mac pre-amp or Mark Levinson 532H amp and a ML pre-amp (or a mix of the Mac/ML gear). Suggestions?
I'm considering moving up in the Simaudio line to a P7 or P8 pre-amp plus a W8 amp. Other option is McIntosh MC452 amp and a Mac pre-amp or Mark Levinson 532H amp and a ML pre-amp (or a mix of the Mac/ML gear). Suggestions?