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Upgrade program kick-off
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05-Oct-2016, 23:34
(This post was last modified: 05-Oct-2016, 23:35 by Rufus McDufus.)
That could be a major winner for me too. I tend to listen at low volumes but I find the volume at which it gets livelier is just slightly beyond the comfort level for my small listening room...
06-Oct-2016, 08:33
(05-Oct-2016, 20:08)maxijazz Wrote: I am living in apartment since few years and it will continue until i buy a new house. For that reason i cannot listen to D200 too loud and oh, boys, it sounds delicious when loud! But at low volumes it sounds lifeless. I also did not like the sound at low volumes when I got my 200 in February this year. Below -20'db or so the sound became boring, even in the 30watt settings I use to drive my horns. I started a thread a few month ago about this subject but I was almost the only one noticing this! Then I installed the latest fw and strangely, the low level performance increase quite a bit. My buddy who is driving his raidhos with a 200 also clearly heard this. Install the new fw if you haven't done it yet.
Highly modded avantgarde omega duos, slightly modded d200, d-sonics m3 800 s class d amp to drive the subs of my duos, all equipment on silent running audio platforms.
DCS Network bridge connected with AQ diamond to Router and with special Belden 1694a digital cable (cable is cryoed, mechanical damped and using very high quality solder to KLEI Harmony Bullet plug) S/C is Shunyata biwire Delta, 2 Delta p/c on the bridge and bass amp, Synergestic dev p/c on the 200, all connected to Shunyata Denali power conditioner 
06-Oct-2016, 08:45
Yeah I'd imagine some of the perceived differences with the pro are firmware related. For me though the latest firmware on the existing hardware just seemed a touch brighter and more aggressive in general. But others find quite the opposite.
You can of course also attenuate with quality DSP like Dirac or Roon or (any other) if you're happy with non-bitperfect to make the amps work harder. I'm sure some of my Dirac enjoyment came from the volume knob increase. >>> 1st Place Award: Devialet, last decades most disappointing technology purchase. <<<
06-Oct-2016, 11:36
I can never really figure whether my sound quality suffers due to low volume or not. My listening room is small - only about 11 feet by 11 feet. I do notice my D200 sound quality is not so good at low (i.e normal to me) volumes but on the other hand I find the Raidhos seem to be quite demanding and so need the volume set relatively high. The unit used to get pretty hot too (subsequent firmware updates appear to have improved that though) so I'm guessing it still must be working pretty hard.
Hopefully we'll have more reports that the new Pros are better at lower volumes. 
06-Oct-2016, 15:36
I have got him!!! 220 PRO is playing since one hour.
1: Atelier d'Or no.75 (1.5m. AQ RCA-XLR),
 2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables 1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz 
06-Oct-2016, 17:22
Damn. Jealous. Have to wait another week for my baby to come home again....
How does it sound out of the box? Devialet 220 Expert Pro CI | Sonus Faber Olympica II | Crystal cable speaker cables, interlink and power cables | ROON Rock on Intel NUC | Netherlands
06-Oct-2016, 17:41
Just got the news from "Judith" that my upgraded 250 is on it's way back to me, so things are moving. Was picked up on the 23rd of September so didn't take too long
06-Oct-2016, 17:44
Email from Devialet, saying that my 250 pro is ready and will soon leave their workshop...
06-Oct-2016, 17:51
(06-Oct-2016, 17:44)chisum Wrote: Email from Devialet, saying that my 250 pro is ready and will soon leave their workshop... Good to hear. Mine was picked up the 26th so hopefully I'll also receive an email in the upcomming days Devialet 220 Expert Pro CI | Sonus Faber Olympica II | Crystal cable speaker cables, interlink and power cables | ROON Rock on Intel NUC | Netherlands
07-Oct-2016, 12:52
And my 250 Pro is back! Looks quite nice with the copper bottom contrasting the matt white finish. Unfortunately it still says D-premier on the back cover, would have been nice if they fixed this.
Some Daft Punk on repeat and in about a day i know whether i've been too impulsive 
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