White vs Silver ...Still unanswered

[McChicken]

Hi Guys,
have a pair of Silver on the 45 day trail, have been offered to buy a pair of white ones at an attractive price.
If you know by yourself or have read of somebody that have actually compared the White and the Silver ones side by side, not just taking the Devialet marketing material for granted I would be interested to know.
Of course bigger power mean that the sound will be better handled at high volumes, but is there a volume # i.e. "at + 70 the white ones tend to fall behind compared to Silver"

[MrSinister]

Some people say the white sound a little bit more relaxed/laidback.

[EvPa]

Well, I prefer the Silvers' non-shiny sides.

Can't help you with the sound though, I only heard the Whites once at Devialet's Réaumur street showroom.

[Confused]

Some observations here:

http://devialetchat.com/showthread.php?t...ight=white

[misterpete]

I tried both, no difference in my room. I bought White

[Silvertouran]

With there being such a small difference in price i would say buy the Silver ones purely on the basis that if you were to sell them I imagine they would be more desirable.

[MountainGuy]

The Silver goes 6db higher. That's significant.

Reasons:

1. The bass extension at 16hz maxes out at something like 85 db or so. (going by memory) The 105db is for the upper bass and up.

2. For most pieces of music, the frequency does not plumb the depts of 16hz. Except for pipe organ, most acoustic music probably ends at 35hz and up. So when one is evaluating white vs silver at:
i. Normal music without low bass extension, one can't hear the difference.
ii. Even with music with low extension, i fyou are evaluating below 85db or maybe 79db, you won't hear the difference.

Hence, knowing that sometimes I may want to fill a large space and also have music that extends particularly low, I would go for the Silver if budget allows.

Personally, I do find the white to be more attractive looking than silver though I have the Silver. But that's subjective.

[Silvertouran]

Yeah I agree. The white one looks nicer from straight on as it looks like a white ball.

[F_M]

This review is in Dutch but very professional and come to the same conclusions I have. I've listened to both models extensively and I bought two whites. Just translate the review.

http://www.hifi.nl/artikel/23725/Recensi...antom.html


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[sekriT]

I listened to both before purchasing. Price difference is in favor of silvers. You will probably sell silver easier too.  At low volumes, you won't hear the difference. At high volumes, it makes a difference. If wife and kids not home, silvers are screaming the right choice for me.