23-May-2015, 21:52
(13-Jul-2014, 02:14)Jwg1749 Wrote: Nice idea.
In fact, the name Devialet derives from a fairly obscure 18th-century French writer, De Vialet, who was a friend of Denis Diderot and was involved in the great Encyclopedie project published by Diderot and D'Alembert.
The company chose the name because of the association with enlightenment and truth. And because it's French. And because it sounds good.
Hi, I know this is no serious audiophile matter... but as Devialet is about precision, we have to be precise :
I've been browsing internet for 40 minutes, and checking the whole list of the Encyclopedie's writers... and couldn't find any clue about somebody called "de Vialet" or "de Viallet" or neither "Devialet".
I'm just thinking this "de Viallet 18th century writer" is just a poetic storytelling (and i like it ;-).
Or do you guys have any proof of this writer's existence ? ,-)
