Between two brands

[theaudiohobby]

A dealer of B&W 800 series, but does not know what makes them sing, that seems to me like a copout in my books, I have owned a lot of Rotel gear over the years, I have owned RA971MKII, RB971, RC1070 as well as the the Michi series RHB05, RHC05, RHA05, so I am in a very good position to discuss what Rotel is capable of, the Michi Series was by far the best of the Rotel amplification series but it has not been around for a while. It simply beats me how a dealer will take delivery of a speaker such as the B&W 802D and match it with an unsuitable Rotel power amp, only the RB 1090 is suitable, the others are not ideal matches by any means. However, the B&Ws 600 series and the Rotel amplification is common recommendation.

By your own accounts, your say that the B&W 802D sounded bad with Rotel power amplification, almost certainly an impedance mismatch, they have access to B&W , surely they could simply just pick up the phone and ask them what amplifiers match the speaker, his comments are a copout in my opinion, I get the feeling that the less than pleasing results were not unexpected.