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12-Oct-2014, 23:06
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"Focal was showing its more upscale Utopia range of speakers in several upstairs rooms, but in a ground floor suite it demonstrated its new Aria 926s, driven by a Devialet 400 amplifier. The latter, at $17,495, appeared to be a bit of overkill for a $3299/pair of speakers. The latter's bigger sister, the Aria 936, was just reviewed in our November 2014 issue. But enough about speakers and amps; is that fellow ogling that cool IKEA cabinet or the Devialet?"
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He's probably noticed the mirror finish on the Devialet, and thinking to himself, my goodness, I appear to have a goaty beard....
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What I like about this is that as far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong) this is the first time that a speaker manufacturer / importer uses Devialet to drive their speakers at a show. So far it has been Devialet themselves showing with different speakers.
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(13-Oct-2014, 12:04)Pim van Vliet Wrote: What I like about this is that as far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong) this is the first time that a speaker manufacturer / importer uses Devialet to drive their speakers at a show. So far it has been Devialet themselves showing with different speakers.
Very good point Pim!
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Last year, Waterfall Audio (french speaker manufacturer) used a Devialet 170 to drive their speakers in the french audio show in Paris !
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Raidho have used Devialets in the past at shows.
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Ever since SAM came out I've been wondering whether speaker manufacturers would start using Devialet to make their speakers sound 'better than they actually are' at shows.
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(13-Oct-2014, 12:45)Rufus McDufus Wrote: Raidho have used Devialets in the past at shows.
C1.1 at 105 votes now... surely can't be much longer Rufus? 
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Ever since SAM came out I've been wondering whether speaker manufacturers would start using Devialet to make their speakers sound 'better than they actually are' at shows.
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Pretty impressive that Focal used Devialet rather than their subsidiary brand Naim.
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