11-Jul-2014, 22:19
As we all know, the Devialet is much more than just a very fine amplifier. Included in that shiny box is a DAC, which is up there with the best, and a fully configurable phono stage, with a reputation for remarkably low noise together with fine transparency and detail.
However, there is nothing to stop you (except cash perhaps) using an external DAC (many people have reported that the Devialet is essentially transparent as an amplifier, and that the characteristics of an external DAC are allowed through unimpeded)
Similarly, you cold bypass that internal phono stage, perhaps an option if digital phono equalisation upsets your pure analogue sensibilities. You could even get very carried away and stick a valve phono stage in front of your 24bit/192khz ADH world.
My question here is; Has anyone actually tried any of the above options?
More to the point, has anyone found a DAC or phono stage that they actually use in preference to the Devialet's default option?
....and away from subjective preferences, has anyone experienced something that they can state is definitively better than that Devialets internal offerings?
However, there is nothing to stop you (except cash perhaps) using an external DAC (many people have reported that the Devialet is essentially transparent as an amplifier, and that the characteristics of an external DAC are allowed through unimpeded)
Similarly, you cold bypass that internal phono stage, perhaps an option if digital phono equalisation upsets your pure analogue sensibilities. You could even get very carried away and stick a valve phono stage in front of your 24bit/192khz ADH world.
My question here is; Has anyone actually tried any of the above options?
More to the point, has anyone found a DAC or phono stage that they actually use in preference to the Devialet's default option?
....and away from subjective preferences, has anyone experienced something that they can state is definitively better than that Devialets internal offerings?
