"One of my all time favorite speakers!...., but they are extremely demanding of appropriate amplification, and space. Tread carefully."
Unsound, those seem to be the 2 key points I've seen online. Based on specs it looks like my amp is up to the job- being capable of driving loads down to 1 ohm. My room gives me pause. The 801s at times seemed to overload the room, but honestly, the bass sometimes was out of control and I think it was the speaker and not the room, at least some of the time.
If the the speakers weren't so big and expensive to ship I'd be more inclined to try them. On the other hand these don't hit the market that often.
Unsound, those seem to be the 2 key points I've seen online. Based on specs it looks like my amp is up to the job- being capable of driving loads down to 1 ohm. My room gives me pause. The 801s at times seemed to overload the room, but honestly, the bass sometimes was out of control and I think it was the speaker and not the room, at least some of the time.
If the the speakers weren't so big and expensive to ship I'd be more inclined to try them. On the other hand these don't hit the market that often.