Craig1512 HiFi System

[Craig1512]

Welcome to the forum Craig and sorry to hear about the fire mate.

A mate of mine has 802Ds on a MF amp and I've been trying to talk him into buying a Devialet amp as well. The MF is way underpowered for the 802Ds but they still sound fantastic. I don't think he know what he's missing out on yet but i'll take my amps over to him one day and he can find out for himself. 

Thanks Pim, my experience when demoing the 802Ds (sensitivity 90dB) need to be matched correctly with amp. The MF (M6 power amp 250w/c) did a reasonable job of driving the 802s, compared to others I demoed at the time. But the Devialets do the job so much better in all respects, particularly in bass response. So 2 things I would say your mate, 1 Devialet delivers tight, controlled bass, the sort of bass that you feel in the gut, the MF never did that for me, I moved the 802s around to every conceivable position to try and get good bass. 2 move the volume up to moderate/high levels on the Devialet and the music retains is composure and sounds great at any volume level, the 802s just take the watts and play music without any listening fatigue, the MF didn't do that for me, the music got harsher, somewhat compressed and fatiguing to listen to at high volume. Don't get me wrong the MF were a great sounding amp and I was happy with them, just when you campare with the Devialet, the difference is quite substantial. Now's the time for your mate, I bet there are some good deals out there on the Expert with the release of the Pro.