D800 with KEF Blade 2?

[Pim]

Thanks @Confused.  When I bought the Blades 2 I had of course heard them, but not with my amps.  I figured that 500 wpc would be no problem.  Then after placing my order, I came across the now infamous Audio Science Review D200 review that showed a low sustained output power of around 8 watts and started to think that maybe these wouldn't work well at all.  Granted, I've never had my D500 setup power-down due to protection circuit function.  I've also read the whole 19-ish page Devialet Chat discussion about the ASR.

I think that you're right, the best plan is to simply try them out.  I had a period of anxiety there that I'd invested a lot in these speakers and they won't work well.  Maybe that's the case, but at this point I'm not sure that's likely at all so I will wait and see.

The guy at ASR doesn't understand the Expert range so his measurements are a waste of time to read. Your D500 will provide more than enough power to wake up the neighbors without distortion.