josescu,

very interested to hear more about the combination of G57 and B&W 802D. I have G91, G57 and B&W N804.

Prior to the G57 I had a Musical Fdelity A100 integrated 50W Class A amp driving the N804s, and was expecting to cure a bass-light issue with the G57. I was disappointed that the bass improvement with the (single) G57 was only small.

So now I've been thinking about moving to 802D's for the front speakers and using the N804s as rears. But given how much comment I've seen online about the drive requirements of larger B&W speakers, 3 ohm impedance at certain frequencies and recommendations of Classe, Chord or Rowland amps to drive them, I've been wondering if the G57s would be up to the task.

Do you get powerful/deep bass with disc material that calls for it with the bi-amped G57s? What is the difference vs a single G57? Are you yearning for an amp upgrade, or happy with the G57s.

Once you get into Chord/Classe/Rowland territory with 802Ds you begin to wonder if Meridian DSP7000s wouldn't be preferable - and dumping my existing G57. 2nd hand G57s are quite reasonable, though 7 of them would be needed to bi-amp three front speakers and single amp the rears in a 5.1 configuration.

Since I have yet to acquire a G68, picking a digital only output model vs a balanced analogue output model cannot be decided until the speaker/amp decision is made.

thanks
Sanjay

G91 - G57 - B&W804 - Squeezebox 3