With those speakers, I too would choose the MC501.
Read Brian's great thread. He had 802s and ended up using McIntosh amps with them after trying many others:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1055189481
Arthur
Read Brian's great thread. He had 802s and ended up using McIntosh amps with them after trying many others:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1055189481
Arthur