Devialet vs or with Chord Hugo...

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Common sense suggests you have a choice: Devialet or Hugo.

I think the really interesting thing about the Devialet isn't the DAC; it's the amplification.

Good luck!

Matt

Hugo v Devialet was the choice I had to make. Whether to add a Hugo to my Naim system increasing it to 7! boxes + interconnects + speakers + Fraim etc or whether to go for a single box Devialet which in many ways IMHO sounded better. Obviously with a Devialet one is relying on the manufacturer to continue providing upgrades -but they have a pretty good record for doing that so far.

Actually, the least interesting thing about Devialet owning are the "upgrades" IMHO...
The D-Premier actually had everything I needed built in, since my speakers may well never have the SAM treatment.
There is absolutely nothing I personally need that is not already in V6 firmware.
This is obviously a personal thing but as a reasonably long term Devialet owner who was pretty well totally content when a mature (i.e. working consistently) version of Air became available