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I have a 120 on loan for home audition and it is absolutely brilliant at medium and high volume levels. At low volumes, however, the imaging collapses and the treble - specifically voice - recede pretty significantly. Has anyone else encountered this? Is a 200 perhaps less prone to this given bigger power supply? thanks for your help
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They did mention some loss of sound quality at low volume in the recent What Hifi review, might be worth a look. (Not that What Hifi reviews ever seem to correlate with anything I have actually heard)
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I have a tiny listening room and tend to play at quite low volumes. There does seem to be a threshold below which SQ drops off a little. This is with my 200. I guess speakers and their sensitive will play a significant role in all this and how hard the Devialet is driving them. Mine are a relatively easy load so might partly explain the not-quite-so-good performance at low volumes as the amp is not being driven too hard. Pure speculation on my part there.
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Hi,
I would say that it is an effect of the loudspeaker as I have some of it with my loudspeakers. However said that, I noticed better low level SQ when stepping up the power ladder from 170 to 200 to 400. It is a combination of effects but loudspeaker should count for most of it, my 5 cents.
I have a very clear threshold when the speaker 'releases' the sound.
/Mike
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Mike has a point - my old JBL's we're not good at low volume, although this was a issue with overall balance and bass, not so much treble. Thee could be a number of factors going on here of course.
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Hello, I think my 200 performs well with low volumes, it was one of the reasons I decided to upgrade...
Having said that, I do not know if other systems would be better.
Regards Morten
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The same was true for my 250, sounds excellent quiet. Just switched to the 800, no idea if this sounds good at low volume, I can't bring myself to turn it down!