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[Jwg1749]

Oh Matt, what have you done!

Excellent review! To the point it hurts considering that I have just pulled the trigger on the D400 / Montis combo

Thanks, and apologies!

I don't mean to undermine anyone's confidence in their choices. This has been awkward for me too. I've been a Devialet fanboi for over a year now, and I had absolute confidence in the product. I still do, and I'd still recommend it to anyone with electrodynamic speakers. I think the 200 drives my Sonus fabers better than the Magtech does. But for electrostatics, with their very different design and demands, I now don't think Devialet is the best solution I've heard.

Matt -- thanks for the great write-up (as always!). Sounds like your decision is made, and you'll end up with two great-sounding systems. Will you also be using Sonos as the source for the D200/Cremonas?

Thanks, Ian.

Re. the source for the SF+D200 system: I plan to wait and see what Devialet do in the next couple of months. I've been using a PC running JRiver over ethernet, but I gave up when the white noise problem reared its ugly head (so my signature is now well out of date.) I may go back to a PC- or Linux-based system. But it's always great to have Sonos there on the subs' bench.

Matt