I am using a BAT Rex preamp into Krell 402e for my Revel Salon2 speakers. The sound is wonderful, extended, dynamic. I love the speakers for their ability to play at lower levels with musical involvement. And yes they do play beautifully loud when called for--without being tiring or too bright. As for bass: if there is deep bass on the recording you will get deep bass out of the speaker. They do not have fake bass with a bump at 100 hz. They will reveal which recordings are compressed or have no real bass.
I do think that you do need a high powered amp. I would go to mono bloc amps if I had the space/setup. My listening room is an 18 ft. square library with a 11 ft. ceiling. The room is very well damped and there are no reflections or echo; it is also open on one side with large sliding doors.
The speakers fill up the entire lower level of the house easily with warm, listenable sound. Vocals particularly sound lovely when heard from another room.
I do think that you do need a high powered amp. I would go to mono bloc amps if I had the space/setup. My listening room is an 18 ft. square library with a 11 ft. ceiling. The room is very well damped and there are no reflections or echo; it is also open on one side with large sliding doors.
The speakers fill up the entire lower level of the house easily with warm, listenable sound. Vocals particularly sound lovely when heard from another room.