Amp for my B&W 802D3s and HTM2D3

If I was you I’d totally audition the new Atma-Sphere GaN amp for your 802D3s. I’ve got a lotta experience with the 80?D3s and know their sound character well, and if I owned them I’d RUN to hear this amp with them. MacIntosh? Only if you want your speakers to sound like warm mush. I worked for Magnolia and heard B&W with Mac ad-nauseam and no, just no. Do a trial with Ralph’s new GaN amp and I bet there’s no looking back. When he listens to his own system with this amp over his own OTL tube amps, well, that says a crap ton to me. Best of luck.

Here we go with the McIntosh hate.  McIntosh is not in favor with this group.  I have B&W’s and McIntosh and they do not sound like mush. I would listen to all and make your decision.  We all hear differently and like different sound signatures. The M10x is very good but is quite a bit more expensive.

I went and auditioned the B&W MC462 and the Luxman. I thought the Mac sounded way better than the Luxman. Fuller sound with better bass and low end. It was Sonus Faber speakers, but preferred the MC462