1000 Pro with dCS Vivaldi?

[Confused]

Could it be to demonstrate how good the AD conversion in the D1000Pro is?

That's my first thought.

But what would that prove?

If the Vivaldi Analogue into the Devialet sounds the same as the built in DAC, that means the Devialet homogenises everything?

If the Vivaldi sounds worse, the A2D is no good?

If the Vivaldi sounds better, does it mean the A2D is no good?  Or the Devialet built in DAC is better?

Since everything is bottlenecked thru the Devialet DAC and amp, i think it is hard to draw conclusions.

I think if the dCS rig with DAC to Devialet actually sounded better (thanks to the good work of dCs's £20k DAC) than the dSC rig digital to Devialet (without dCS DAC), then it would tell you that with the Devialet running analogue input, ADC to ADH is basically transparent to the input.  That is, the ADH is not a bottleneck.

This is all speculation of course.  Although the lucky folk at KJ West One have all this kit in store, I believe hifi shops can be a little quiet in August?   So it is now down to you guys to get busy, try all these things, and report back!