Amps to create "revelation" on 802D / 800D

[RNKC]

I truely love the sound from my Mark Levinson 432 (400w x 2). I've listened to Classe in the store but for my tastes I prefer the Levinson sound.

[dknightd]

There is no amp that will create a "revelation" with these speakers...

The revelation comes from room treatment.... of this I am absolutely certain with my experiences so far. The more bass traps, absorption, and diffusion modifications I make, the better the sound is getting.

I don't have these speakers in my house. Too much money for me.

But I want to echo Blazar's opinion. Room treatments make a HUGE difference. From a sound standpoint I'd say 1/3 speaker, 1/3 electronics, 1/3 room.

[Rolex]

I'm a little surprised there hasn't been much talk of Jeff Rowland with B&W. That combo sounded very good, I thought.

My friend had 802D's with KW500. Then went to Mac integrated 2275. Better in almost all regards, then went to mac separates. 402 amp and c2200 pre amp.

I'd take the amp and pre amp from mac over the kw500, which I like.

[peter clarke]

???VTL with 800D's

am using kW500 with 800D's adding echobusters full treatment soon and auditioning kW750 in bi-amped mode soon

Dear soundgravy, How do the VTL's perform?????

[Jesse111]

Mac 501 is magnificent with the 800D. I'd imagine it's even better with the 802D.

[RobP]

Dear soundgravy, How do the VTL's perform?????

I have never actually heard the 800d's on VTL amps, but I did listen to the 802d's on VTL power and it sounded pretty good. Not as good as the Classe CAM400's IMO though.

[Angioguy]

Judging from these many responses, I think it's safe to say that many amps would do the job-- very well... why not find 5 or so that fit your budget and audition them? I listened to Jeff Rowland, Classe, Levinson, Krell and McIntosh with my 802D's and decided on the Mac.

[jack d]

What do you guys think about the Anthem P2? I didn't see anyone mention it so far.

[twitch54]

What do you guys think about the Anthem P2? I didn't see anyone mention it so far.

I think for good reason....... IMHO Anthem does just dandy on HT but when it comes to serious two channel listening there is better stuff out there, alot of which has been named in this thread. My vote for SS goes to Plinius and in the world of Tubes I must say after hearing these speakers recently at Overture Audio in De. being driven by the new ARC Ref amps.....Wow !!

[juiceman]

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[juiceman]

I've been trying to find a dealer that has the new Bel Canto 500 watt mono's with the new ICE technology.

Has anyone listened to them yet?

Indy,

I have been running the Bel Canto e.One Ref1000 monoblocks with my 802Ds for about a year now. I got the the Bel Cantos as soon as they came out. I have a Mark Levinson 380s pre-amp and 360S DAC as the primary sources.

Overall I have been extremely happy with them. They drive the 802's with ease and amazing clarity. The transient response is amazing. My only complaint is there is a touch of coolness in the treble and upper midrange. However like a lot of affects, this is very slight and depends on the source material.

The additional pluses is the small sizes of the monoblocks and their efficiency. As a PWM amp, they run super cool even at high output levels.

If I were to make a change, it would be to the much more expensive Levinson 436 monoblocks. Alot of that has to do with me being a lifelong fan of the Levinson sound.

Justin

[Kal Rubinson]

I have been running the Bel Canto e.One Ref1000 monoblocks with my 802Ds for about a year now.

Me, too. Other amps as well.

Kal

[Indytown]

Indy,

I have been running the Bel Canto e.One Ref1000 monoblocks with my 802Ds for about a year now. I got the the Bel Cantos as soon as they came out. I have a Mark Levinson 380s pre-amp and 360S DAC as the primary sources.

Overall I have been extremely happy with them. They drive the 802's with ease and amazing clarity. The transient response is amazing. My only complaint is there is a touch of coolness in the treble and upper midrange. However like a lot of affects, this is very slight and depends on the source material.

The additional pluses is the small sizes of the monoblocks and their efficiency. As a PWM amp, they run super cool even at high output levels.

If I were to make a change, it would be to the much more expensive Levinson 436 monoblocks. Alot of that has to do with me being a lifelong fan of the Levinson sound.

Justin

Juiceman,

Thanks for the insight to the Bel's. I had a chance to listen to the Jeff Roland digital mono's, felt the same way a "a touch of coolness".

I went the route of Mac MC501 mono's. They run very cool and sound superb with BW800D.


Happy holiday's and New Year.

Indy

[Pieter Stolk]

Hi,

Has anybody heard the B&W 802D's with Pass Labs (f.e. X250.5) and/or 2x Bryston 7BSST's ?