Aavik U300 vs Dev D800

[stefanfreij]

Hi,

After a long night at my house i can summit some of my impressions

The battle between Aavik and Devialet 800 was interesting, because the warmer the Aavik got, the better it sounded.
But when coming head to head even with SAM off on my Sasha 2, still think that the "body" was more on the Devialet with or without ansuz feet
Firmware used on Dev was 8.12

Source was the Meridian Control 15 with Ansuz digital Cable, that sounded absolutly Amazing
All source comparising was done with local media on the Meridian harddrive

Aavik was "softer" in a good way, but still think it lack the performance and dynamics for that price tag. (25000 euro)
The Devialet 800 combo is not cheap either, but i think the "future" of upgrades is in the advantage of Devialet.

Aavik only have RCA, but have built-in RIAA
The real downer was the remote, a cheap apple remote that comes with Apple-TV

Some pictures of the system..the last is the monster network player from "Gentleman", that was fantastic!

By the way..the "Olive" player was also Amazing with a cool touch screen as a media player (Picture show it)
It is also a integrated amp

Not everyone seen in the sofa (Gentleman, myself and Bengt), looks like they are dreaming of something else