26-Apr-2015, 16:15
Ah interesting! I found my D200 sound best just after switch-on (maybe 5-10 minutes) but gradually seemed to get more 'muffled' as time went on. It really sounded quite poor. I wondered if this was due to temperature too but nowadays with the recent firmware updates it only gets to perhaps 41 degrees max.
Devialet have had the unit back and did actually change a part (the input power board which has a Schurter filter on and not much else) but I have a feeling they did this more out of guesswork than anything else as it did have some slightly 'wet' looking (just excess flux or heat damage?) solder joints on. I have to admit it is sounding more consistent now but I realise I probably haven't been using it quite so much so hard to tell.
A theory popped into my head as I was writing this. I've always wondered how their temperature regulation works. Prior to the firmware updates last year my unit used to get quite hot - perhaps 60 degrees, now it's around 40. I wonder what they're throttling back on to achieve that? Could it be the temperature regulation making it sound poorer?
Devialet have had the unit back and did actually change a part (the input power board which has a Schurter filter on and not much else) but I have a feeling they did this more out of guesswork than anything else as it did have some slightly 'wet' looking (just excess flux or heat damage?) solder joints on. I have to admit it is sounding more consistent now but I realise I probably haven't been using it quite so much so hard to tell.
A theory popped into my head as I was writing this. I've always wondered how their temperature regulation works. Prior to the firmware updates last year my unit used to get quite hot - perhaps 60 degrees, now it's around 40. I wonder what they're throttling back on to achieve that? Could it be the temperature regulation making it sound poorer?
