Hi all,
Now have a D250 driving my Wilson Benesch C60's. Not sounding as good as the demo 250 but I'm sure it will improve given time.
Cheers
Bill
Devialet 200
Vandersteen 5A's
(22-Nov-2014, 19:42)wwm Wrote: [ -> ]Hi all,
Now have a D250 driving my Wilson Benesch C60's. Not sounding as good as the demo 250 but I'm sure it will improve given time.
Cheers
Bill
My experience with Devialet was the same. All the demo units sounded absolutely awesome from the D120 all the way up to the D800. But when I got my new D200 I was shocked and got to a point of a total scare as it sounded horrible out of the box! The sound was dry, cold and tight and the sound stage was collapsed! But I gave it time to set in and behold! Now it sounds awesome and as good as all the demo units I auditioned at my dealer.
Bottom line is they all need a break in period to sound their best. I also read somewhere that the amount of heat coming out of the unit could be an indicator to the break in process. Initially they run very hot and then gradually they start to operate in the normal temperature range when they set it.
(23-Nov-2014, 07:00)amabrok Wrote: [ -> ] (22-Nov-2014, 19:42)wwm Wrote: [ -> ]Hi all,
Now have a D250 driving my Wilson Benesch C60's. Not sounding as good as the demo 250 but I'm sure it will improve given time.
Cheers
Bill
My experience with Devialet was the same. All the demo units sounded absolutely awesome from the D120 all the way up to the D800. But when I got my new D200 I was shocked and got to a point of a total scare as it sounded horrible out of the box! The sound was dry, cold and tight and the sound stage was collapsed! But I gave it time to set in and behold! Now it sounds awesome and as good as all the demo units I auditioned at my dealer.
Bottom line is they all need a break in period to sound their best. I also read somewhere that the amount of heat coming out of the unit could be an indicator to the break in process. Initially they run very hot and then gradually they start to operate in the normal temperature range when they set it.
Congratulations wwm, your system will sound superb once the 250 has run-in
My experience with a 200 was the same as amabrok's. Just a suggestion - in the early stages its very difficult to resist the temptation to change things (cables, sources etc) to try to improve the sound but really that's pretty much a waste of time until the 250 has run-in. Better just to leave it playing as much of the time as possible e.g. using iRadio and it will soon come right.
Once it has run-in you can turn the 250 off and on as you like. It doesnt have to be on all the time like a Naim system. When turned on it will take 15 mins or so to come fully back on-song but mine usually doesn't sound too bad immediately its switched on.
(23-Nov-2014, 11:00)PhilP Wrote: [ -> ] (23-Nov-2014, 07:00)amabrok Wrote: [ -> ] (22-Nov-2014, 19:42)wwm Wrote: [ -> ]Hi all,
Now have a D250 driving my Wilson Benesch C60's. Not sounding as good as the demo 250 but I'm sure it will improve given time.
Cheers
Bill
My experience with Devialet was the same. All the demo units sounded absolutely awesome from the D120 all the way up to the D800. But when I got my new D200 I was shocked and got to a point of a total scare as it sounded horrible out of the box! The sound was dry, cold and tight and the sound stage was collapsed! But I gave it time to set in and behold! Now it sounds awesome and as good as all the demo units I auditioned at my dealer.
Bottom line is they all need a break in period to sound their best. I also read somewhere that the amount of heat coming out of the unit could be an indicator to the break in process. Initially they run very hot and then gradually they start to operate in the normal temperature range when they set it.
Congratulations wwm, your system will sound superb once the 250 has run-in
My experience with a 200 was the same as amabrok's. Just a suggestion - in the early stages its very difficult to resist the temptation to change things (cables, sources etc) to try to improve the sound but really that's pretty much a waste of time until the 250 has run-in. Better just to leave it playing as much of the time as possible e.g. using iRadio and it will soon come right.
Once it has run-in you can turn the 250 off and on as you like. It doesnt have to be on all the time like a Naim system. When turned on it will take 15 mins or so to come fully back on-song but mine usually doesn't sound too bad immediately its switched on.
Thanks Amabrok and Philip for the kind words of encouragement. Will report back when things improve.
Cheers,
Bill
(23-Nov-2014, 20:19)wwm Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks Amabrok and Philip for the kind words of encouragement. Will report back when things improve.
Cheers,
Bill
You are welcome Bill. Eager to hear your Devialet improves with time
P.S. i recall i left my Devialet running for like three days to accelerate the break in period
I got my Devialet 200 today. My speakers are Wilson Benesch Discovery.
It sounds superb! It will be interesting to hear how much Devialet 200 improves during the break in period but I'm already very impressed how good it sounds.
(24-Nov-2014, 21:47)petrik Wrote: [ -> ]I got my Devialet 200 today. My speakers are Wilson Benesch Discovery.
It sounds superb! It will be interesting to hear how much Devialet 200 improves during the break in period but I'm already very impressed how good it sounds.
Hi Petrik,
It's good to hear from someone who has the same amplifier and speakers as me. We may be the only people in the world who bought this combination
I like mine very much - we should compare notes once yours is broken-in. I use a Naim NDX streamer (S/PDIF) as my main source plus an iMAc for Qobuz and sometimes iTunes (Wi-Fi AIR). It all works perfectly with no drop-outs or white noise.
I hope that you voted for Devialet to create a SAM profile for the Discoveries. They only have 19 votes so far so we're some way off the 100 required...
Philip
250 upgraded from D-Premier, B&W802D.
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