14-Oct-2016, 14:53
(05-Oct-2016, 16:53)ogs Wrote: The David Berning 211/845 monoblocks should be the reference for future Devialet development. Even if ADH is solid state it should be capable of approaching 211/845 in sound quality. Are you listening Devialet?
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles...amplifier/
Good grief, would you trade in your ultra modern Tesla autonomous driving car for a bullock cart driven by two mangy cows? That's what the Berning amplifier design sounds to me like. A huge step backwards in every respect, designed by a tube aficionado who has been building tube amplifiers his entire life, never learned to adjust to modern solid state integrated circuit designs, and wants to rip people off. Honestly, the gullibility of high end audio folks never ceases to amaze me (and explains a lot about why Trump is so popular). 75000 for a pair of tube amplifiers that produces 60 watts at high levels of harmonic distortion. That's like walking into a Lexus shop where they charge you $500,000 for this special car driven by two cows, goes at 4 mph, and consumes no gasoline or electrical power (need grass to feed the cows, though!).
Robert Harley is a typical example of a high end audio reviewer who changes his "absolute best sound reference amplifier" by the month, depending on who loans him equipment, and who advertises in TAS. Stereophile is no exception to this sad story.
Whereas high end video is marching towards 4K, quantum dot displays, HDR, and many other innovations, high end audio is stuck in the 1940s still. Devialet is a rare exception to this trend.
