Devialet teaser 11-11-2016 / 'The lost recordings'

[GuillaumeB]

Guillaume - I'm guessing this was your first listen of a 1000 Pro?  Although looking the system and the size of the room, this is hardly a normal demonstration of a rig that would probably work well in a reasonably sized domestic room, rather than what looks like a very large space per the pictures.  Did it hold it's own?

And how did the Phantom Golds cope!

It was a bit difficult to be sure of knowing what was doing what.

I think the intro videos were played through the phantoms and the sneak previews of the Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson recordings were played through the 1000 PRO + YG speakers with a laptop providing the content. It's possible that all of this was done through the Golds, from where I was sitting at the front and to the left it was difficult to be sure.

The lacquer was of course played through the Kronos and 1000 PRO.

What I did notice however that the initial videos sounded a bit too loud and strident with some sharp edges. 

The previews were considerably better.

The lacquer took things to a completely new level. Was this simply a case of 1000 PRO v Gold? I don't know!

There was something about the sound of the lacquer that one couldn't deny. Of course no way of knowing if this was simply a case of Kronos v Laptop! But taken in isolation the lacquer most definitely provided an experience that tugged at one's heartstrings. Two things stuck out: when Sarah Vaughan was talking in between her songs the sound of her voice was utterly mesmerising in terms of providing a 3 dimensional illusion that she was actually there on the stage and you could literally "feel" the room. Then when the audience applauded you no longer knew if it was the Electric Cinema OR the Laren Jazz Festival in 1975. Madness! 

Remember I had one of the worst seats in the house (my fault).

Guillaume