Hifi Pig 220 Pro Review

[Confused]

Quite an interesting read......

https://hifipig.com/devialet-expert-220-...amplifier/

[disarmamant]

Quite an interesting read......

https://hifipig.com/devialet-expert-220-...amplifier/

Yes, interestingly enough the reviewer pointed out the noticeable issue with female voice sibilance, this is something that I’ve noticed with my 440 Pro.


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[Gerronwithit]

I am getting fed up of my Devialet Pro. I also subscribe to the Naim forum and they have so much more to talk about than us. They have their Atoms, their 272s, 555s, NATs, Musos and Qubes and all of them throw up plenty of issues. My single Devialet Pro has just worked straight out of the box and is almost tweek proof. 

[NickB]

Yes I have to agree, they are not for the compulsive box swappers are they, I have 2 and they are not leaving unless dragged out of my cold, dead hands.

[Drifter]

I am getting fed up of my Devialet Pro. I also subscribe to the Naim forum and they have so much more to talk about than us. They have their Atoms, their 272s, 555s, NATs, Musos and Qubes and all of them throw up plenty of issues. My single Devialet Pro has just worked straight out of the box and is almost tweek proof. 

LoL

I must say that my 440PRO has performed absolutely flawlessly ever since the DOS software was released no matter how hard I tried to break something in order to get a conversation starter on the forum.

I listen to as many hi-end systems as I can at friends and dealers and have not heard anything that I would rather want ......

[Blackmorec]

Quite an interesting read......

https://hifipig.com/devialet-expert-220-...amplifier/

Yes, interestingly enough the reviewer pointed out the noticeable issue with female voice sibilance, this is something that I’ve noticed with my 440 Pro.


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I have no hint of false sibilance with my 440 Pro, its far too neutral for that. If there’s sibilance on the recording you’ll get it, but nothing more. If its not on the recording you won’t get it from a 440 Pro. Of course that’s not to say that its not in the recording or a characteristic of something else in the chain. Probably is, but I’ve never heard my 440 over-emphasise sibilance. 
Similarly with the claim the 220 can sound clinical. I’ve had absolutely no trace of that. The system sounds warm when required and likewise cool, depending entirely on the recording. What it doesn’t have is any tendency towards clinical. Again its too neutral for that. Above all else the Devialet amps are transparent so whatever is in the signal is what they’ll play, with all the characteristics intact. If something in the playback chain has a characteristic of occasionally emphasising sibilance or adding a slightly clinical character, the Devialet will process and amplify it perfectly. 
When I have heard extra sibilance is when something in the chain is running in or when processing and amplifying the output of a cheap consumer SMPS powered device like a lot of network stuff.
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[Greg]

Quite an interesting read......

https://hifipig.com/devialet-expert-220-...amplifier/

Yes, interestingly enough the reviewer pointed out the noticeable issue with female voice sibilance, this is something that I’ve noticed with my 440 Pro.


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[quote pid='81229' dateline='1547676711']
I have no hint of false sibilance with my 440 Pro, its far too neutral for that. If there’s sibilance on the recording you’ll get it, but nothing more. If its not on the recording you won’t get it from a 440 Pro. Of course that’s not to say that its not in the recording or a characteristic of something else in the chain. Probably is, but I’ve never heard my 440 over-emphasise sibilance. 
Similarly with the claim the 220 can sound clinical. I’ve had absolutely no trace of that. The system sounds warm when required and likewise cool, depending entirely on the recording. What it doesn’t have is any tendency towards clinical. Again its too neutral for that. Above all else the Devialet amps are transparent so whatever is in the signal is what they’ll play, with all the characteristics intact. If something in the playback chain has a characteristic of occasionally emphasising sibilance or adding a slightly clinical character, the Devialet will process and amplify it perfectly. 
When I have heard extra sibilance is when something in the chain is running in or when processing and amplifying the output of a cheap consumer SMPS powered device like a lot of network stuff.

Sibilance? probably the tweeters in the systems concerned.

[Greg]

Yes I have to agree, they are not for the compulsive box swappers are they, I have 2 and they are not leaving unless dragged out of my cold, dead hands.

Let me know when your hands start getting cold. I’ll be around in no time to stake a claim.

[Jim_Anderson]

Quite an interesting read......

https://hifipig.com/devialet-expert-220-...amplifier/

Yes, interestingly enough the reviewer pointed out the noticeable issue with female voice sibilance, this is something that I’ve noticed with my 440 Pro.


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Hi disarmamant - I've not heard of this sibilance in my system (when I had a 220pro ci and then 440) which was closer to your system configuration than most.  in fact my system seems to get a disportionate amount of accolades for its rendering of both female and male voicing.  Its possible I'm biased and not attentive enough to hear it in my own environment but will now be more sensitive to listening for it.  Interesting article otherwise.

[Gerronwithit]

After listening inter alia to the voices of Nina Simone, Carol Carpenter, Evanescence, Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin, I can’t find any issue with sybilance in my system.