29-Jul-2015, 07:52
Of couse like everyone else a major factor is the sound quality.
another big thing i like about my devialet - i dont have to learn about 40 other companies dacs to select the one i think will be best (which likely wont be and would require lots of testing with different dacs which can get costly) to then have to learn about a bunch of pre-amplifiers and then finally the amplifiers.
i doubt you could get a dac/pre-amp/amp combination that if all 3 components combined cost the same as a devialet amp would perform just as good. plus then you have to worry about costing all the extra interconnect cables. you need 5 plugs into a power conditioner instead of 2 which for us computer audio people is a big deal by the time we have all the power supplies for our pcs!
another big thing i like about my devialet - i dont have to learn about 40 other companies dacs to select the one i think will be best (which likely wont be and would require lots of testing with different dacs which can get costly) to then have to learn about a bunch of pre-amplifiers and then finally the amplifiers.
i doubt you could get a dac/pre-amp/amp combination that if all 3 components combined cost the same as a devialet amp would perform just as good. plus then you have to worry about costing all the extra interconnect cables. you need 5 plugs into a power conditioner instead of 2 which for us computer audio people is a big deal by the time we have all the power supplies for our pcs!
Amp - Devialet 400 Speakers - vivid audio B1 Speaker cable - audioquest oak Power conditioner - furman SPR 16IE Source - audio PC with paul pang audio usb card v3 and paul pang red dual usb cable running through jplay. usb card powered by teddy pardo power supply Source 2 - line in from integra AV receiver (TV)
