27-Jun-2015, 18:57
Good evening everyone,
After about a month away for repair in France, I was able to pick up my D200 yesterday. The reason for the failure was not stated, but I will enquire further, next week, until I get an answer from Devialet themselves.
Now, about FW 8.1.2. I installed it straight away, gave it a while to warm up and started more critical listening. First of all, I have to say that SAM for my SF Olympicas sounds as gorgeous as ever, if not better. Same in width and height, the soundstage seems to dig deeper; precise and sweet highs and very controlled deep bass with vivid micro and macro dynamics. In summary, very musical.
The above observations are from yesterday and today’s listening to several pieces from Carol Welsman's "I Like Men" album, choral music from The Cambridge Singers' "Christmas Album" or famous "Take Five" from The Dave Brubeck Quartet, all standard red-book quality. High res albums such as "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" from Ella Fitzgerald or Hilary Hahn's Bach Violin Concertos sound as vivid as ever, although, with a collection of over 300 high-res titles, more and more, I am realising that outstanding sound quality and higher resolution quite frequently do not go together.
All in all, I am very satisfied with 8.1.2, very enjoyable and addictive so far. My previous experience with 7.1.1 and, very briefly, with 7.1.3 did not seem at the time this good. Bear in mind USB is my input of reference.
Just my brief experience with the new FW.
ML
After about a month away for repair in France, I was able to pick up my D200 yesterday. The reason for the failure was not stated, but I will enquire further, next week, until I get an answer from Devialet themselves.
Now, about FW 8.1.2. I installed it straight away, gave it a while to warm up and started more critical listening. First of all, I have to say that SAM for my SF Olympicas sounds as gorgeous as ever, if not better. Same in width and height, the soundstage seems to dig deeper; precise and sweet highs and very controlled deep bass with vivid micro and macro dynamics. In summary, very musical.
The above observations are from yesterday and today’s listening to several pieces from Carol Welsman's "I Like Men" album, choral music from The Cambridge Singers' "Christmas Album" or famous "Take Five" from The Dave Brubeck Quartet, all standard red-book quality. High res albums such as "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" from Ella Fitzgerald or Hilary Hahn's Bach Violin Concertos sound as vivid as ever, although, with a collection of over 300 high-res titles, more and more, I am realising that outstanding sound quality and higher resolution quite frequently do not go together.
All in all, I am very satisfied with 8.1.2, very enjoyable and addictive so far. My previous experience with 7.1.1 and, very briefly, with 7.1.3 did not seem at the time this good. Bear in mind USB is my input of reference.
Just my brief experience with the new FW.
ML
Aurender X100 >> Totaldac USB cable >> D200 >> SF Olympica II
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