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01-May-2017, 20:25
(This post was last modified: 02-May-2017, 07:07 by kerkhoffd.)
My 200 took quite a long time to sound the same when compared to the demo model. It sounded harsh and the bass wasn't focussed. Unpleasent to my ears. I was sure it was broken, so I contacted my dealer,. But he convinced me to try it for a couple of weeks. Those were long weeks. I ran it 24 hours a day for several weeks. After that it was superb, and has been great ever since. Got a second 200 later on to make a 400. Found that I enjoyed the 400 even better than the 250.
PMC can be a bit bright though, but if you were happy with the 250 - PMC combo, the 200 should bring you sort of the same performance as the 250.
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Wow.That was the answer i was hoping for as i have found some topics already that some people had them running in for a three months to get to the enjoyable stage more like 200 to 300 hours.Mine at the moment suppoused to have no more than 70 hours on the clock so still long way to get it fully burn in.I was actually started to think it is maybe broken ....I am finding that the soundstage is suffering to-not wide and nothing like i've heard on the 250 at all-cant even compare it.
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Afternoon everyone.Just a quick update.I've noticed something really very strange.One evening i was still trying to work out what else could cause my problem...Then last thing i did not checked was the speaker cables because i did'nt even thought about to change anything there as my tellurium q ultra black were the best i found so far with my previous equipment.But i have checked it anyway and put some of my first cables (sonic link ast 75) and WOW-i could'nt believe what i've heard all the soundstage are back.Off course in general the details are less pronounced and some other aspects of the sound are less but the listening pleasure is a lot higher with them.And here comes my question -what the h..l is going on with it?
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Interesting news, and thanks for the update. I've generally been moderately skeptical about cables, but from my own experience I can say that cables make a very valuable difference with the Devialet. In one of my long and tiresome posts about my 220 Pro. I related how (my impression of) the presence of a sharp and metallic treble was changed completely by changing speaker cables and properly arranging them; I had my speaker cables and power cords coiled up together on the floor into neat little piles.
After I got my Wyred4Sound Sonos Connect, I had to try a few coax cables to get the sound to be balanced, and it was all about the treble. It is interesting that my wife could tell the difference between coax cables, and that her sense that 'I can't play it any louder without it being too harsh' went away with the coax cable change.
Summing up: yep, cable matching matters with the Devialet. 'Lay on, Macduff!'.
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09-May-2017, 22:01
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Welcome back.My devialet is gradually improving oveetime now and the difference between some cables are but less evident now than before.So far the winner is an atlas mavros then surprisingly an audioquest midnight (biwire ) close second.
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19-May-2017, 22:24
Hello devialet members.
I just want to say that i've oficially found a (solution) to this (my)unusual problem.
Went to my brother in laws house tonight to compare my d200 to his d250 with his focal electras 1028be.Left my firmware card inside the devialet and it was'nt sharp at all but the oposite actually but having problems with bass this time and generally the sound has been shut in quite a bit.Then we spoke about the configuration etc.Puting in my configuration card in and all was sharp and unpleasant back again.But then he asked me how did i do all the configs. I've showed him and he said to do it again but do not change anything but download the first setting after the model setup what i did.We put it back in my devialet and  WOW .
All has changed suddenly and completely transformed it to the point where it is very very similar sounding to his d250 but with a bit more( bite).Some songs actually liked better on my 200.
So as the conclusion the default devialet 200 settings has completely changed it from sharp to smooth and pleasant.Really happy now.
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Great news. Enjoy!
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(20-May-2017, 08:01)kerkhoffd Wrote: Great news. Enjoy!
I am  Thanks.
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Interesting. So do you recall what config settings you had previously set that caused the problems you were having?
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I've everytime gone to the advanced configurator and set active spdif input and played with treble and bass settings as well.It i strange to me as well as this has caused me alot hassle and stress from start as i thought it should work ok from begining.This time i have downloaded the default devialet configuration without adjusting anything and the devialet magic finally found.
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