29-Apr-2022, 21:32
(18-Apr-2022, 21:54)Flashman Wrote: Although I have moved on from my Devialet 220, I am still interested in the company. I plan to attend AXPONA in Chicago next week (Friday through Sunday) and saw that Devialet will be in room 1633. I will see what they are displaying and ask about any plans for Expert software development and any new products in the Expert range.
As mentioned, I attended AXPONA 2022 last week and took the opportunity to speak with a Devialet rep from New York City about the future of the Expert Pro line. Interestingly, there was a Devialet Expert Pro 220 in the room, which had connections to it, but during the time I was in the room all that was played was the new soundbar and some Phantoms in dual mono.
Without explicitly saying that Expert Pro was a legacy product, the Devialet rep indicated that was probably the case. He said that Devialet had dropped all the Expert Pro prices and were selling them at cost.
Regarding the Configurator, he confirmed that it will always be modified via the SD card due to the way the Expert Pro series was set up.
As for bug fixes, he said Mathieu would be best source of information.
I really loved my two Devialet products when I had them and hope for the best for all of you!
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.
