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Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store
stop the whining...any experienced seller knows you have to qualify your buyer and opportunity, and calibrate your time investment accordingly. That's just basic sales skills 
B&W 800D vs. 800Diamond on Accuphase amp
Accuphase says the A70 delivers 60 watts into 8 ohms. Assume it doubles down into 4 ohms where the B&Ws spend a good bit of time. Then assume the A70 delivers another 50% in reality, over its printed specs. Which it may well. Heck, call it 100... 
B&W 800D vs. 800Diamond on Accuphase amp
I'm sure A70 is a great amp. But does it have enough juice to run the big B&Ws. Only if you have extreme discipline to never crank it up, otherwise I guarantee you those tweeters will clip and you're out 1000 bucks. 
Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs...
recently did an A v B comparison of the the Grover XLR interconnect versus a standard MOgami XLR and regular copper RCA cables...my system is B&W800D, with all Marantz reference electronics, including source CD player....the S3 or something li... 
AntiCables
STringreen.....how can they be "right out of the box...absolutely stupendous." but they are "fuzzy with no depth or air." don't mean to be harsh but posts like this are exactly why i put so little stock in other's views. 
B&W 802d Misleading Information and Scammers
agreed...don't make the mistake i did...i have a pair of 800D, power hungry like the 802d. at first i used them with a 200w Rotel...a fine amp and it sounded OK. But over time i ended up turning the volume up louder and louder..gradually bit by bi... 
Will my McIntosh MC 205- Power B&W 802 Diamonds?
well, i would have agreed with ecsrun until this past week. I have a pair of 800D, running them with a 200w Rotel amp, was playing them rather loudly but not crazy loud, with choir music, and blew a tweeter. High odds the amp clipped and that blew... 
Can I bridge Rotel RB 1080
yes, the Mccormack amps are really interesting. Read some very positive things about them.....tight like solid state but also an unusually nice mid range and treble. Does not appear to be any places around the Wash DC metro area to hear them but I... 
Can I bridge Rotel RB 1080
thanks for inputs. Am coming around to the imperative of more power, meaning minimum 400w per side, preferably monoblocks. But I'm not yet sold on the merits of say a 6000$ amp of 400w versus a 2500$ amp of same. I think the big influence on sound...