23-Jul-2016, 15:09
Nightmare:
1. a chain is as strong as the weakest link? For most people the weakest link isn't the Devialet amplifier at all. Think of the waterfall graphics (start& stop reactions) of electronics and speakers. Every dynamic speakers still moves when an electrostatic has stopped a long time ago....as it should be.
On my Kef reference speakers I cannot hear what Devialet realy can do.... Like I also own Oppo PM1 & Sennheisser 800 headphones: impressive sound, untill you use the Staxes....
2. Besides: if you don't like what's coming out, you have to put more attention in what's going in (Linn?). I spent more than € 20.000 on power conditioning to supply 5 amplifiers with new klick-free (balanced: see website Kemp electronics Holland) 2 x 4.600 Watts. A Devialet feeded with that kind of active power (conditioning) is another cup of tee an cannot be compared with the sound of passive power conditioning or no conditioning at all.
(By the way: like Miele appliances from Germany in the US. All the top models are not sold in the US because of the lack of the +- 120V power).
So for everone it is good to decide you're own law of the increase and diminishing returns. Like in a car: combine the best carspeakers (Focal) and the cheapest electronics (Pioneer fe) to give the best results for the bucks.
1. a chain is as strong as the weakest link? For most people the weakest link isn't the Devialet amplifier at all. Think of the waterfall graphics (start& stop reactions) of electronics and speakers. Every dynamic speakers still moves when an electrostatic has stopped a long time ago....as it should be.
On my Kef reference speakers I cannot hear what Devialet realy can do.... Like I also own Oppo PM1 & Sennheisser 800 headphones: impressive sound, untill you use the Staxes....
2. Besides: if you don't like what's coming out, you have to put more attention in what's going in (Linn?). I spent more than € 20.000 on power conditioning to supply 5 amplifiers with new klick-free (balanced: see website Kemp electronics Holland) 2 x 4.600 Watts. A Devialet feeded with that kind of active power (conditioning) is another cup of tee an cannot be compared with the sound of passive power conditioning or no conditioning at all.
(By the way: like Miele appliances from Germany in the US. All the top models are not sold in the US because of the lack of the +- 120V power).
So for everone it is good to decide you're own law of the increase and diminishing returns. Like in a car: combine the best carspeakers (Focal) and the cheapest electronics (Pioneer fe) to give the best results for the bucks.
1: Atelier d'Or no.75 (1.5m. AQ RCA-XLR), 
2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x
2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables
1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz
2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables
1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz
