12-Jun-2019, 03:04
I noticed an interesting line from the recent review of the Devialet Expert 220 Pro in Stereo (German) magazine. When describing a particular track as shining "all the way from full but concise bass, to the homogeneous mid-range, and the delicate treble and draining synthesizer waves backed into the depths of the stage." (Okay, the prose is a bit purple but stay with me.) "The 220 could do this in a more natural way when the 'Dynamic Power Management' (DPM) was turned off." Huh, it never occurred to me to turn off DPM in the 220 menu. Has anyone done this and what is your experience in terms of SQ?
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
