Revel salon 2 vs vandersteen 5a carbons

Revel by a large margin. I would actually take the Revel's over the vandersteen 7's, that's how good I think the revel's are. You might need bigger more powerful amps for the  revel's, not sure. I just got back from RMAF and listened to the salon 2's in a small room and they were still one of the best sounding rooms of the show, and the best for its price range. The only other speaker that I liked as good or better than the Revel's were the Raidho's that were $110,000.
Just my opinion

Thanks for your  input!

(((Revel by a large margin. I would actually take the Revel's over the vandersteen 7's, The only other speaker that I liked as good or better than the Revel's were the Raidho's that were $110,000. for a pair)))
 
Thats sure funny we just took a pair of Raidos in toward vandersteen 7 MK2s
 Best,
  JohnnyR
 Audio Connection
 

Perhaps it was the set up, perhaps it was the room but I felt the Salon II's were good but certainly not great. I have not heard the Vandy;s. 

@tooth2thYou may have 300w Mac, I don’t know which model, so it’s current ability is up in the air, especially with maybe the output transformer coupled solid state Mac amps.

The Vandersteen are a far easier load than the Revels, if your Mac can do good current then I would opt for the Revels. But they are a hard load in the 6 bottom octaves.
http://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/708Revfig01.jpg
Cheers George