Ultimate speaker for 440

[Bertie]

B&W and Sonus Faber owners seem to favour Macintosh; Sugden - Harbeth, Spendor, Pro-Ac; Magico has D’Agostini amps, but we don’t appear to have a preferred transducer in our camp. I’d be curious to find out what speakers the 440 has a natural affinity with and how far up the audiophile ladder they’ve successfully mated? Thinking one day I might go Watt Puppies but wondered if there are examples of matching with a better speaker than those?

[audio_engr]

I'm a B&W 802 user for 36 years and never ever will I buy a McIntosh or Sugden or similar. I'm happily using a 440-Pro (earlier D400) for the last 10 years and my next move is to Burmester! If I ever get into a space constrained room in my old age, I'd get a B&W bookshelf with an Air Tight amp.

[andrewmg]

B&W and Sonus Faber owners seem to favour Macintosh; Sugden - Harbeth, Spendor, Pro-Ac; Magico has D’Agostini amps, but we don’t appear to have a preferred transducer in our camp. I’d be curious to find out what speakers the 440 has a natural affinity with and how far up the audiophile ladder they’ve successfully mated? Thinking one day I might go Watt Puppies but wondered if there are examples of matching with a better speaker than those?

Focal Scala Utopia is a pretty great match. They really began to sing when I added the second amp.