28-Mar-2015, 13:17
At one point, Martin Colloms would have been one of the first few people, worldwide, that a manufacturer and/or distributor would want to review a potentially groundbreaking product.
How times change or how politics impact. The Devialet is nearly 4 years old and here, seemingly, is his first chance to do it.
Anyway the 200 is to be reviewed in HiFi Critic (Jan/Feb/Mar 2015) due out this week - they always run behind schedule.
Allegedly it runs to 10 pages but the publication is subscription only though it may appear on Devialet's website in due course.
On the HiFi Critic forum, Colloms says "At long last we have the Devialet 200 in for review, and I will not comment on the politics involved.
Today I was shown that the Class A core truly exists, with the covers off and set upside down , you can literally pull the main power amp out of its sockets to leave the Class A core of a few watts. This will play good music at modest volume even when the D section is removed, so proving this part of the principle.
There are many facilities to understand and try out but I will major on CD and HD format feeds from a good transport and from the Naim NDS , the latter also streaming HD audio to it via wired SPDIF.
It is exceptionally versatile , in how to operate it, from an App or the radio linked non line of sight remote, the fully configurable analogue inputs including moving coil cartridge, to the digital inputs Bluetooth and WiFi streaming, to the hard wired digital inputs including SPDIF eg from a NAIM NDS.
My unit is a well run in demonstrator and has SD cards for four loudspeakers to thoroughly investigate the SAM loudspeaker optimising software, this a key focus for the review."
How times change or how politics impact. The Devialet is nearly 4 years old and here, seemingly, is his first chance to do it.
Anyway the 200 is to be reviewed in HiFi Critic (Jan/Feb/Mar 2015) due out this week - they always run behind schedule.
Allegedly it runs to 10 pages but the publication is subscription only though it may appear on Devialet's website in due course.
On the HiFi Critic forum, Colloms says "At long last we have the Devialet 200 in for review, and I will not comment on the politics involved.
Today I was shown that the Class A core truly exists, with the covers off and set upside down , you can literally pull the main power amp out of its sockets to leave the Class A core of a few watts. This will play good music at modest volume even when the D section is removed, so proving this part of the principle.
There are many facilities to understand and try out but I will major on CD and HD format feeds from a good transport and from the Naim NDS , the latter also streaming HD audio to it via wired SPDIF.
It is exceptionally versatile , in how to operate it, from an App or the radio linked non line of sight remote, the fully configurable analogue inputs including moving coil cartridge, to the digital inputs Bluetooth and WiFi streaming, to the hard wired digital inputs including SPDIF eg from a NAIM NDS.
My unit is a well run in demonstrator and has SD cards for four loudspeakers to thoroughly investigate the SAM loudspeaker optimising software, this a key focus for the review."
Innuos Statement 2TB SSD with Next-Gen PSU (with Roon lifetime)
MacBook Pro (with Air)
Draytek Vigor 2860v-Plus/Devialet Original d'Atelier CI Nos. 54A&B/Magico M3 pair
Shunyata cables (digital/interconnect/loudspeaker/power)/Shunyata power units (Triton/Typhon)
Dialog/Phantom Gold/Tree pair
Missing Link cables (power)
England
