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[Mikeeo]

An interesting thread and quite appropriately titled...

... The whole concept of Devialet was a one box device...

Well, actually it wasn't - it was always clear that Devialet expected customers to use a Mac as a source, so two box...

When you see how well Naim have implemented the streaming side of things, uPnP, iRadio, The fact you have a USB port to insert USB sticks to play FLAC or WAV files. It's very convenient.

Really? In my opinion Naim have not done a good job of implemeting the streaming side of things. They have engineered their streamers in such a way as its necessary to purchase a very expensive external power supply to make them bearable to listen to; their poor UPnP discovery and half-baked app. has caused customers endless problems and the basic functionality is poor - they do not (even now) support lossless music streaming services. I really like the NDS and nearly bought one but it costs £13,000 with the 555PS which is absurd given that by many accounts it is equalled/outperformed by a Mac Mini + Chord Hugo at about £2k.

I've had NO problems streaming via AIR either wi-fi or ethernet - no drop-outs, no white noise and no problems with the configurator. Devialet have delivered MORE than I expected - power upgrade + SAM and the value for money compared to products like those produced by Naim is amazing.

I very much hope that it is possible for Devialet to upgrade the 'Expert' series to include full streaming functionality but my system sounds great as it is and for now I'm a very happy customer

No problems so far, of course you haven't gone mono yet Sometimes I dream myself back to my D200 days...

About Naim I can only agree. I only needed some source for streaming so I bought a Unitiserve (with 3rd party much better psu) as vinyl is my main source, but had lots of problem, rebooting all the time, can't play some downloads etc etc. I am very close to drop it and look for another same kind of solution.

/Mike