(29-Jun-2015, 12:49)Pim van Vliet Wrote:(28-Jun-2015, 23:19)NickB Wrote:+1 here. Devialet developed SAM and it's there to be used. Plenty of people have bought Devialet specifically because of SAM.(28-Jun-2015, 22:09)Confused Wrote: Did you do all the back to back amp comparisons with SAM disabled, to stop the Dev "cheating", as it were, or at least to make for a more like for like test?
Why is it "cheating"?
Actually, this is exactly what I meant! Hence the phase, " "cheating", as it were ". With cheating in inverted commas. I guess what I was really trying to say is that you could compare with SAM off, to establish exactly how the amp / pre performance compares, which would be indicative of performance for speakers non SAM enabled or to establish a pure baseline comparison, but yes, why not do the comparison with SAM. As for cheating in the literal sense, there is no hifi rule book that I'm aware of.
Or to put it another way, if the Dev's performance with SAM disabled was very slightly ahead, and you then add the increased performance that may be obtained by SAM, RAM or anything else, then it's a much clearer win for the Devialet.
