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On the topic of the value of casework: I didn't hear Manoet's Devialet or the others who modified theirs, but I believe what they said about them. Even if you don't, we can agree that the difference between a Devialet 440 and 1000 is the case, since Devialet states that the internals are otherwise identical.

I didn't hear his amp either, but most of what he wrote was technically bollox. I take my hat off to his work as a craftsman but as an engineer he lacked knowledge and understanding.
There are at least as many people claiming their Devialet sounds better warm, probably more, than those thinking it sounds better cooler, and what he did was almost certainly more effective at cooling the temperature sensors themselves than any of the active electronics.