I don't have any remorse at all, the Salon 2 continues to amaze me even after two years, but I'm always looking around for something better, and I'm not in any way brand-loyal or defensive of whatever decisions I made in the past.
The Salon 2 impressed me recently by reproducing my wife's rock & roll drum kit very realistically. See
this thread. (Mick Fleetwood uses essentially the same kit.) But I can't help wondering, would the 8T sound even better overall? I suspect it would, due to better dynamic capabilities, so the Salons haven't taken me off the market.
One issue for me in purchasing would be that I don't think the 8T would fit in my room with proper positioning. The 8T looks like it needs *a lot* of space. I'm not sure why, but I'd also be reluctant to buy a speaker that needed four people to set it up.
I used professional movers to unpack and initially set up the Salon 2s (the dealer wasn't local), so perhaps I'm just being silly, but the 8T seems to take serious set up considerations to the level of the YG Anat.
And I have to admit that I'd be concerned that the 8T would almost have to be considered a "final purchase", because I suspect the secondary market for it will be essentially non-existent for an individual, meaning I couldn't sell it myself. Technology does move on, even for speakers in this class, so resale is a consideration. Best case scenario with selling highly marketed high-end speakers is that you take a 30-50% haircut from your new purchase price (not MSRP) when you resell, but I suspect the only practical way to trade-out the 8T will be a dealer trade or take a 75% haircut and sell it to one of the high-end middlemen that specialize in this sort of thing.