06-Oct-2014, 14:56
(06-Oct-2014, 13:49)ogs Wrote:Check out the SAM review in Hi-Fi+, just published and available on the Devialet site (see link in my posting earlier today).(02-Oct-2014, 18:52)ozthepoz Wrote: I've generally heard good things about SAM, but that's by far the most unambiguously positive review I've come across.
The GT1 SE (Devialet version) has the TCC filter that delays the tweeter so it is time-coherent with the bass/mid. According to Atohm ".. optimum measurement is obtained on the tweeter axis. That being said, the best listening position is also a question of taste (depending of the ratio direct /reverberated sound in your room and compromise between sound balance and soundstage)"
This is a very interesting speaker design. I believe a few posters on this forum uses the GT1 in their system. Would be nice to have views from them.
I have the Atohm GT1 (Devialet edition) and love it. It has tons of WAF appeal, as it is white and isn't a tower and won't overwhelm a room. (Nothing against towers personally!
). I have not owned a lot of speakers in the past, just some Klipsh Forté speakers (original edition) for many years and then some Omega single driver speakers with accompanying subwoofers (in storage in the USA, as I am an expat on assignment in France). Anyhow, I love the GT1s with SAM and my Dev200. Plenty of bass and just a great integration of drivers. I won't try to mimic the audio reviewing press but the reviews of the Ensemble are spot on for me.
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.
