(05-Mar-2016, 23:19)MusicLover Wrote:(05-Mar-2016, 22:11)MightyMart Wrote:(20-Feb-2016, 18:43)octaviars Wrote: A foto from High End fair in Stockholm Sweden today.
Original d'Atelier with Magico Q5 and Kronos turntable.
I'm sorry but this setup didn't impress me that much. Regarding the considerable cost there was almost no emotion to it. The sound was way too small and locked in. I was in the room for 20 minutes and listened to at least five tracks on the first day. Maybe it opened up more on the second day of the show...
That's relatively typical, isn't it? Some dealers/manufacturers put a system comprising some very exotic parts together thinking they've found the mojo just to realise it takes a lot more synergy to create something that works, something that reproduces music and not just fine acourate sound.
Was the room carefully prepared/arranged? Were the Q5's maybe too big for that space? Maybe too new (speakers/electronics)? And many more questions.
Another thing is the music selection at most show rooms, mostly too repetitive and lacking imagination, aimed at attracting the audiophile ignorant who knows a lot about audio brands and reads the usual audio philia stuff, but who happens to know very little about music as an art...
Anyone used the d'Atelier as a pre-amp only? I mean, if it has an upgraded class A component, theoretically it should be the best pre-amp/dac that Devialet have produced....