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B&W 800 N vs 802 N Bass Response

I have heard many say that the 800N is very lean in the low end with not much power. I own 802N's and get a really good response in my room and they are driven by BAT VK51se and Levinson 436 monoblocks. Does anyone know from side-by-side comparison or owning both whether the 800N has more authority and power in the low end compared to my much smaller 802's? It would make sense that they would ( 2@10" vs 2@8" and higher quality crossover components and wiring). Thanks for everyone's input. I have the ability to get 800's but you don't want to try to move them more than once !!!!!!!
Best Regards,
Bill
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flashunlock
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I owned the N800 and they are not bass shy in any way but you do have to have a muscle amp to drive them hard to make the cones move. Even though they are 8 ohms speakers which are easy to drive on paper, it can't be more wrong.... I used big Krell mono's to drive them and they sang. To further that, I added a Velodyne DD-15 subwoofer which improved things even further.
Hope this helps.
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