Bump, I'm going to get to hear the salon 2's this week! The gent that sold me my salon 1's upgraded to them and I need to hear what the hype is all about because the v1 is no slouch. I began with kef 105/3 for more than 20 years then kept em and bought a beautiful pair of VA Beethovens that were jaw dropping in their own right as long as I didn't play loud. When a pair of 107/2's in good condition came up I bought them hoping for the VA's transparency with the 105/3's slam...Well imho the biggest strides in speakers is tweeter resolution because even my salons can't reproduce the tones (sounds like blowing from different length straws) in becks 'lost cause' as clearly as the little beethovens and the kef's missed it completely. The S1 moves serious air and sometimes I wonder if some sounds can just get over powered with big speakers? My audition of the S2 will shed some light on it for me. Personally i'm hoping I can't hear a difference as the thought of moving the 240 lbs speakers out of my basement is gonna suck.