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HiFi-Advice D120 and 200 Review
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#1
24-Aug-2015, 19:05
http://hifi-advise.com/Devialet-120-200-review.html
I haven't read all of it yet but it appears to be favorable.
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24-Aug-2015, 21:46
,,after having purchased a Devialet, you're basically done! No more cable swapping and component matching... The Horror!"

good words
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25-Aug-2015, 01:16
(24-Aug-2015, 21:46)moreno1973 Wrote: ,,after having purchased a Devialet, you're basically done! No more cable swapping and component matching... The Horror!"

good words

I agree... No more cable dressing as well... Pain, pain, pain...
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13-Sep-2015, 20:36 (This post was last modified: 13-Sep-2015, 20:53 by Cylob.)
The review is updated with a 120 vs 200 comparison!
Plus Air WiFi, Ethernet & USB are being compared...
Devialet Expert 200 (FW 7.1.3) / Magnepan 1.7i / Rel T5 / Foobar (WASAPI event 24bit) / AIR 3.0.1 public beta (best Air 3.x.x SQ by far)
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13-Sep-2015, 21:37 (This post was last modified: 13-Sep-2015, 21:38 by Rufus McDufus.)
Interesting review. I agree with a lot of it, though I haven't had the chance to compare a 120 to a 200. It'd be interesting if they'd reduced the power on the 200 to 120W and then compared. I sometimes wish we could adjust the power dynamically.

Regarding problems with two Devialets in the same mains circuit (or close proximity), quite early on I measured the mains noise coming off my Devialet 200 with an Audioprism noise sniffer. I don't know exactly what this gizmo is actually measuring, but it was pretty much off the scale and measuring a lot more of what it is supposed to measure than with any other component I've ever used it on. As a result I've kept other audio devices off the same (dedicated) mains spur to the Devialet. However I did recently find that my Melco sounded much better streaming to the Devialet when plugged into the same double mains socket on the same spur - like a massive improvement - so these things clearly need a little experimentation.
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13-Sep-2015, 21:55 (This post was last modified: 13-Sep-2015, 21:56 by PhilP.)
Hmmm, I wonder whether any 400 or 800 owners have tried connecting their master and companion amps to separate mains circuits and if so whether they could hear any difference in SQ?
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13-Sep-2015, 22:45
Guillaume certainly has it connected this way.
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15-Sep-2015, 00:32
I found the comments regarding the 200 sounding more 'over damped' compared to the 120 interesting. The 200 more analytical and the 120 warmer.
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16-Sep-2015, 16:54
Very well-done comparison.
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27-Dec-2015, 02:49
Very interesting comparison of the two... I never auditioned them side by side, as I didn't need/want the power of the 200...
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