18-Jan-2016, 17:02
(18-Jan-2016, 16:37)Hifi_swlon Wrote:(18-Jan-2016, 15:27)ogs Wrote:(18-Jan-2016, 09:35)Our Wrote: Hello everyone,
I have been in contact with Vincent Brient (from Totaldac) with the intent to buy a d1-server for my soon to arrive Devialet. He has offered me to buy a complete DAC (d1-six) instead and to feed the analog output signal from his DAC into the Devialet. He claims that some Devialet users have found this solution a further improvement compared to d1-server + Devialet.
Have you ever heard or read about this kind of solution ?
Thanks,
Pierre
Yes I have heard of this. As long as you understand that the analog output of the d1-six would go through the AD and DA converters of the Devialet it is OK (i.e. you are not bypassing the Devialet DA-converter by doing this). The AD-DA process in the Devialet is very transparent. If you connect a record player to one of the phono inputs of a Devialet amp the signal will go through the same AD-DA chain.
The best would be if you could try both a d1-reclocker (server) and a d1-six with your amp and then decide what is best for you.
I've seen the notion of putting a 'better' front end DAC into a Devialet before, and while I've no doubts there are many DACs out there that are now better than the Devialet, I really can't get my head around this particular case.
Unless I'm being a total dunce, for an outboard DAC to sound better than the Devialet's internal one - since there's no way to bypass it - it must mean that the Devialet is better at doing an A>D>A that it is a straight D>A? Otherwise any superiority in the outboard DAC should be 'removed' by the Devialets internal D>A?
The only thing I can think of is Devialet doesn't deal with AES/USB digital inputs as well as the totaldac, so even using the totaldac server into the Devialet could mean a poorer output overall, whereas maybe if the Devialet generates it's own digital signal (from its A>D) it can somehow achieve a better result? In this case it would reveal a weakness in Devialets digital inputs and/or filtering/upsampling or whatever?
Otherwise I'm at a loss and would welcome some help understanding….
Yes I would like an explanation of this too. Maybe I am a little cynical but is the second option more expensive I wonder?
Devialet 200 -- Roon Nucleus-- Sonus Faber Olympica 2 -- Tellurium Q Black Speaker Cables --
Chord Qutest -- Niimbus US5 Pro Headphone amp —HifiMan HEK, Abyss 1266TC
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Chord Qutest -- Niimbus US5 Pro Headphone amp —HifiMan HEK, Abyss 1266TC
Newcastle upon Tyne, England