Hegel H590 with BW 800D

Completely depends on what sound characteristics you’re looking for.  Without that info, this post is useless and you’re just gonna get individual opinions that may have nothing to do with your own.  Just sayin’.

Completely depends on what sound characteristics you’re looking for.  Without that info, this post is useless...

Sorry, not musically sophisticated enough to articulate sound characteristics.  I'm new to this, and appreciate it when music sounds nice/full--but I am not qualified to start parsing it with any further descriptors.

In the past, I had read about how the BW800D's "love power" to get the most out of them.  In the context of that type of a statement, I wasn't sure if something like the H590 would have sufficient "power" to meet that standard. 

I wasn't sure if something like the H590 would have sufficient "power" to meet that standard. 

It's a good stout amp, no worries. 800wpc is a whole different deal but that type of system is for the seriously dedicated guys. 

@orthoblock 

B&W's need high current delivery to tame the woofers. I would consider Gryphon Diablo 300. 

Best of luck!

The H590 will drive those speakers without even blinking. It doubles down from 301wps @8ohms to 600, 1200, etc. The neutral nature would be a great mix with B&W’s. The Gryphon Diablo 300 will drive them nicely as well, but is significantly more $ and has an entirely different character than the 590, which I’m not sure would play particularly well with the B&W’s. Both are STELLAR amps and you cannot go wrong with either one, it would boil down to preference. Another one to consider is the H390, plenty of grunt to drive those as well.