I’ve owned the 804D2’s for about 3 years. I ran them for HT and 2-channel listening, prior to building a separate HT passthru, dedicated 2-channel setup. They are more efficient than many Dynaudio’s, but it was not until I put the 804’s on a McIntosh MC452 that they really opened up. I ran them with a couple different McIntosh integrated’s, prior to the MC452, and also ran them on a B&K 200.7 when I used them in my HT. Frankly, for my personal listening tastes, I was never a fan. For HT they were fine, but that seemed a waste to me, at the time $7500 for HT R/L. I viewed them as an ex-girlfriend I really wanted to like, but just continually disrespected me and was happy to see them go.
I now run Dynaudio Confidence C4’s, not quite an apples to apples comparison, but I lean towards the Dyn sound, it’s just my preference. Ultimately, it is your money and listening preferences that drive your decision, I would throw caution to the wind and that my experience with the 802’s was that 200w was not enough power to drive them properly.
