30-Apr-2025, 13:55
(29-Apr-2025, 23:48)Goxy Wrote: Hello everyone!
I decided to upgrade my first ever home hi-fi after almost 20 years, and enter the Devialet world with a used Expert 200, 2014 but in pristine condition.
It covers all of my needs with amp power and a standalone ad/da, with enough options for connections. And I have a perfect spot on the wall for it
I would like to pair it with an older B&W Nautilus 804 (805 is also of interest) and would like to hear
any experience/advice in that regard, if anyone still uses them or remembers when they did way back.
Some basic info: for the time being, it drives my old B&W 685 on stands, close to the wall. Listening plane is around 14 square meters, but it is in fact an open space apt which would all together be around 35sqm. I listen to music mainly from a Home PC (Spotify, Tidal, flac/wav files...) which is connected to the Devialet via coaxial s/pdif cable from a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB interface. Sometimes, for fun, I change the source to Ethernet or WiFi, which also work great. Other than that, there's a Marantz CD player via the digital s/pdif, and a TV via optical Toslink (for Netflix, MAX etc.). A nice turntable will be added to replace the old Fischer...
Thanks to everyone in advance!
Regards, Goran
Hello Goran,
B&W and Devialet is a good match but one needs to work at it. I'm a B&W 802 user for now 35 years. Nautilus 804 with Devialet 200 would work well whereas 805 can be bass shy. You moving from 685 (a wonderful speaker) to a N804 will be a big jump as the B&W 800-series are all about precision, accuracy and authenticity.
Good luck with your search and hope you find satisfaction once you have your setup. And we're always here to help you.
best wishes
- Arup
