Revel Ultima Solon 2s w/ Pass Labs amps

I'll second what your dealer and Tmsorosk said about the Salon 2s coming to life with 300 watts of power, especially in a large room. I'm using a Plinius SB-301 to drive mine (310 wpc into 8 ohms and 470 wpc into 4 ohms, so around 400 wpc at the Salon 2's nominal 6 ohm impedence).

While I seldom turn the dial past 11 o'clock, these things with their six woofers absolutely gobble power and will dive deep into an amp's reserves even at less than ear-splitting volumes. So while I envy your Alephs' Class A output, I do think Salon 2s would be a bit watt-challenged with them.

Thank you all for your insight. I do have a large room and yes I listen to music loud when I'm playing Rock and the little lady is gone. I listen 70% of the time to Jazz and acoustic music. I have yet to dig up info on the Pass Labs XA-100.5's A/B output. I am a class A fan and believe Nelson Pass makes the best sounding class A amps for my ears. My fear of going larger than the XA-100.5 is the electric bill skyrocketing as it did when I had the original XA-160s. They did not double down with a 4 ohm load and pulled 600 watts each. When you have 1200 watts plus the other gear and listen to music as much as I do...I will need to take out a loan to pay my electric bill! The Salon 2s have a good WAF + great reviews and are looking more and more like my next speakers. I would love to hear other thoughts on how they compare with speakers with similar qualities. I know my wife would not go for Wilson Sashas or large panel speakers.

Oops, I just noticed a math error from an edit I did. 104db would only take 128W. Still, 107db isn't extraordinary at one meter in a large room, so the 300wpc recommendation is still valid.

I had 300 watts on the Salon 1 and found it needed more. I then switched to 700 watts and found it a better match. The room I had was a little large and I listened at a high volume (not ear bleeding).

You really need to pick up the phone and give Pass a call, they will be able to answer all of your questions without doubt. I think the XA-100.5 doesn't leave class "A" and go into A/B until a little over 100watts and no signs of clipping until 175 watts. Using most mfg.'s methods they could easily call them XA-175.5's.

I have a new pair of XA-100.5's on their way to me, should actually be here tomorrow-I can't wait!!

Anyway, give Pass a call, they'll take care of you. Good luck on your search.