To Devialet or not to Devialet

[Yippedidou]

I have been a loyal Spectral owner for years, with no complaints. I have been very satisfied with my DM6 and DMA100 combination that drive my Linn AV5140 speakers beautifully. I use a mac mini as the server, and occasionally use my Naim CD5x. However, every few years I consider a change but haven't been really impressed with anything enough to make the shift. Until I heard the Devialet 200. In most tracks I listened to, it matched my system, but I must admit I was pleasantly surprised. I am now trying to justify making the change. Any advice?

I ordered a D200 coming from Spectral dma200 (after comparing them). The D is on the same level with spectral, not better. But the overall handling of a devialet system is state of the art, I am sick of all these big cables hanging on these expensive dinosaur separates. After having a D in my room, the old system looks totally out of time and technically wrong to me...

I concur. These are exactly my toughts. Altough I didnt have Spectral ( but heard the dma 200 several times ), these are the main reasons why I departed from Jadis/Mastersound system. I'm over with tube matching, cables and weight. Plus its upgradable which for me, is the future now! But to be honest, take note of Pim's advice in his post...