I do not own a Devialet but I am quite surprised how obscure they are, no one seems to know what is going on inside these speakers. Strange things such as : Operating system specs lower than Input and DAC specs; seemingly everything downscaled to 48kHz in the end; specs mismatch between similar units due to different parts outsourced; unexpected lower specs in new iterations. Even though the new Reactors (officially, IIs) have the different hardware (that unified processor chip whatever) I have read in Devialet web page that DOS 2 was already in Reactors since 2018. !!! Well, I am dumbfounded. The more you dig the more you unearth new things hidden like Easter eggs.
I could not have a chance to listen to them live yet, however sound is reported to be fantastic, with an emphasis on bass response in sacrifice of some clarity of mids and trebles, probably not as bad as it sounds though. In youtube videos comparing it to others I got a feeling that Reactors sound a bit boxy but I am sure the actual thing is much better. Youtube videos provide only small clues, sometimes in he wrong direction.
I think the most important contribution to sound quality of a music is obtained by having a master quality recording. Such music sounds extremely good with a big difference even in a car's OEM stereo through spotify on iphone. The rest, amps DAC speakers are really second to the quality of the recording.
Anyway Devialet is full of surprises. You never seem to know what you are buying, we tend to accept given specs as operating specs but it seems they state in their product pages the maximum capacities of various parts while we do not know how much of it is being put into use, as we found out not all of it. And you always carry the risk of bugs and some downgrades with firmgrade upgrades
I could not have a chance to listen to them live yet, however sound is reported to be fantastic, with an emphasis on bass response in sacrifice of some clarity of mids and trebles, probably not as bad as it sounds though. In youtube videos comparing it to others I got a feeling that Reactors sound a bit boxy but I am sure the actual thing is much better. Youtube videos provide only small clues, sometimes in he wrong direction.
I think the most important contribution to sound quality of a music is obtained by having a master quality recording. Such music sounds extremely good with a big difference even in a car's OEM stereo through spotify on iphone. The rest, amps DAC speakers are really second to the quality of the recording.
Anyway Devialet is full of surprises. You never seem to know what you are buying, we tend to accept given specs as operating specs but it seems they state in their product pages the maximum capacities of various parts while we do not know how much of it is being put into use, as we found out not all of it. And you always carry the risk of bugs and some downgrades with firmgrade upgrades
