04-Dec-2016, 23:13
Though I would share my D800 to 1000 Pro upgrade experience.
My D800s were picked up from my work in Bristol on the 18th. They were returned on Friday. This was a total of 14 days - wow! A remarkable feat for the high end. I've waited over a year for a tonearm to be built (a very famous one) - I've had components sit at a dealers for a few weeks before been sent for upgrade and then it took 3 months.
Each Dev now seems about 3kg heavier with their cool copper base and backplates - looks and feels great. They come with Audioquest power cords and an Audioquest Carbon RCA-RCA - thats over £200 worth of freebies. The SD cards are labeled Master and Companion - nice touch. Remotes refurbished to new standard - black logo. Unless you could remember any dings or stains on your casing then they would pass for new units.
Been cooking on repeat for the last two days. They seem significantly louder - normally I listen to well recorded material at -18dB on the D800s. -20dB on the Pros seems equivalent. The presentation of performers and instruments is significantly more precise and real. I notice it on complex passages where things are better separated and more obvious than before. There is more layering and more going on in the background - some serious imaging that I am now more aware of. It's as if Devialet have removed 'smearing' The top end is more obvious and clean but paradoxically I would say that overall the sound is slightly richer than the D800. The bass is stunning, the grip, the speed and the power - brilliant. This is Krell grip with Devialet speed (I say that as an ex-Krell owner). The temperature is cooler - about 10˚C. The new power supply is clearly something special - my speakers have two 10 inch woofers (sealed) each - to make them move air with total domination is something special indeed.
Lots more listening to do but as far as I'm concerned this upgrade is a stunner - significantly better than D-Premier to D500. £3,999, 14 day turnaround, big increase in SQ - what more could you want or expect from the high end? My dealer said I was the first UK Devialet owner (s/n 011) - the fact that I still have my original D-Premier and remote, now 'pimped' to a sota 1000 Pro, gives me real pride of ownership and is testament to Devialet's promise of upgradability from the start. I have never had a component or service like this.
Vive La France !
My D800s were picked up from my work in Bristol on the 18th. They were returned on Friday. This was a total of 14 days - wow! A remarkable feat for the high end. I've waited over a year for a tonearm to be built (a very famous one) - I've had components sit at a dealers for a few weeks before been sent for upgrade and then it took 3 months.
Each Dev now seems about 3kg heavier with their cool copper base and backplates - looks and feels great. They come with Audioquest power cords and an Audioquest Carbon RCA-RCA - thats over £200 worth of freebies. The SD cards are labeled Master and Companion - nice touch. Remotes refurbished to new standard - black logo. Unless you could remember any dings or stains on your casing then they would pass for new units.
Been cooking on repeat for the last two days. They seem significantly louder - normally I listen to well recorded material at -18dB on the D800s. -20dB on the Pros seems equivalent. The presentation of performers and instruments is significantly more precise and real. I notice it on complex passages where things are better separated and more obvious than before. There is more layering and more going on in the background - some serious imaging that I am now more aware of. It's as if Devialet have removed 'smearing' The top end is more obvious and clean but paradoxically I would say that overall the sound is slightly richer than the D800. The bass is stunning, the grip, the speed and the power - brilliant. This is Krell grip with Devialet speed (I say that as an ex-Krell owner). The temperature is cooler - about 10˚C. The new power supply is clearly something special - my speakers have two 10 inch woofers (sealed) each - to make them move air with total domination is something special indeed.
Lots more listening to do but as far as I'm concerned this upgrade is a stunner - significantly better than D-Premier to D500. £3,999, 14 day turnaround, big increase in SQ - what more could you want or expect from the high end? My dealer said I was the first UK Devialet owner (s/n 011) - the fact that I still have my original D-Premier and remote, now 'pimped' to a sota 1000 Pro, gives me real pride of ownership and is testament to Devialet's promise of upgradability from the start. I have never had a component or service like this.
Vive La France !
Devialet 1000 Pro; Magico A5 loudspeakers; Metronome T3a Signature CD Transport; dCS Network Bridge; Kuzma M turntable; Kuzma 4Point14 tonearm; Koetsu Sky Blue; Benzmicro LPS; Audioquest Vodka Ethernet; Transparent Reference Digital RCA-RCA; Transparent Reference XL MM2 speaker cable; Transparent Reference mains cable; PS Audio P5 PowerPlant; Artesania and Finite Elemente equipment racks
North Somerset, UK
