28-Feb-2016, 23:59
(28-Feb-2016, 14:33)samurai7595 Wrote: What an absolutely useless review. It's badly written and does not read as an actual review.
I hope the reviewer wasn't paid a lot of money to write this garbage...
I think part 2 will be more interesting, as Darko didn't spend much time on SQ. That part of the review will be done by Peter Familari, link here to his bio. Plus, I notice that the Phantom is included as one of the "loudspeakers" used in the review. I suspect Peter might use Darko's experience (on the DAR website) comparing the Phantom to the Dev200 mated to the KEF LS50s. See that review here. The big problem in my estimation is assuming that the LS50s behave with SAM like every other speaker with SAM. I do not believe that is the case. For example, I have the Atohm GT1 special edition speakers tethered to my Dev200, and I have never once had the urge to either decouple SAM or to dial it down. Could it be because this was the original speaker to receive SAM treatment? Perhaps. But more to the point, I really dislike when a reviewer categorically states a position on a certain function -- SAM -- based upon a really limited number of speaker experiences. Well, let's see what Peter has to say.
Finally, I am okay with a reviewer not liking the Devialet Expert line or giving it faint praise. I am just annoyed when a reviewer has not done his or her homework.
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
