19-Jul-2015, 13:25
(17-Jul-2015, 17:55)Manoet Wrote: Ken, I'm afraid I'm going to jump out ahead of you on this project. I had an appointment cancel which leaves me free & clear time-wise until Monday morning. My 200 has already been separated from its binding posts and whoever it was that guessed solid brass OEM binding posts was totally correct. I ground a 'V' deeply into one of the spade contacts and its 100% gold-plated brass. Very similar to what I can purchase from Parts Express as low as $16 for a complete set of 4. Shame on Devialet, shame, shame! Tho I will give them kudos on the V-E-R-Y clever binding post mounting technique. VERY cool!! I'm taking lots of high-res pics of this conversion to help followers along and will post them soon as I can get some help figuring out how to get them in a post. My WBT NextGens will work fine tho I have to trim 6mm off the quick-connect male spade. I'm unsure about your F'techs as the socket, because of length and the Dev is a dual-point center contact rather than side contact like a typical Quick Connect female terminal. This will be easier to explain/understand once I can start uploading pics. I can see now that in the future if need be I can go back to stock/OEM binding post setup within an hour which will avoid having to answer any warranty-related questions from uncle Dev.
I also suspect the F'tech IEC is going to be a no-go so I wouldn't spring for one just yet. The pin-out is a totally different configuration in the Dev than the F'tech. Additionally the front-mount bezel surrounds as F'tech is a screw-mount and Devialet uses an internal spring clip. There's no provision for the clip on the F'tech housing which means drilling holes and screw-mounting into the back panel of the Devialet. Probably a deal-breaker.
First things first: I'm amazed by your findings and I'm really looking forward to your (detailed) walkthrough of replacing the stock WBT speaker binding posts on your Devialet. What I like the most is that it seems to be easy enough to do it myself without that much of a risk AND most important of all you can easily switch back for warranty purposes.
One thing that came to mind: If I may ask, for what reason did you use the wbt 0710 ag instead 0705 ag speaker binding posts? (As far as I can detect: they are more compact and they miss the plastic cover cap. Regarding this plastic cover cap: has this any useful purpose?)
About RCA: does replacing the RCA type sockets involve soldering or other "trouble"? I was thinking of replacing them with WBT 0210 ag's if the same conditions like above apply.
Also I've managed to find this post about an other enthusiastic user:
http://audioshark.org/sonus-faber-80/gua...auRAXi_Kjg
Here he explains he managed to replace the factory speaker binding posts of his speaker with the wbt's. (Notice: his job isn't as easy as yours but seems to be worthwhile as well)
At the moment I'm too busy with other things but in the future I think I'll ask Sonus Faber if they'll be able to do this or if they can redirect me to another company/person who can.
Stereo: Sonus Faber Amati Futura - Graphite -> Yter Loudspeaker Cable -> Devialet D250 - Chrome -> LessLoss DFPC Orginal Powercord
Source: Mac Mini -> Devialet Air Ethernet
Control: iPad Air / iPhone 5S -> Apple Remote
Source: Mac Mini -> Devialet Air Ethernet
Control: iPad Air / iPhone 5S -> Apple Remote