Guildford Audio Devialet Workshop 11th & 12th October

[GuillaumeB]

In light of a 'test' and a large of number of comments here on the Mac AIR v MiND 180 v Auralic ARIES v totaldac d1 server as front ends, it would be extremely enlightening if you could present a few different front end options for everyone to hear. It would be great if this could be done in symbiosis with the Devialet reps explaining the different and best ways to connect to a Devialet.

I was discussing options for "non computer" front ends with Thierry today. He mentioned that it might be worth waiting until next year as Devailet are working on something. Very intriguing!

I am pretty sure that this applies to some kind of UPnP implementation. I also discussed this at length with Thierry. Nothing specific was mentioned other than Devialet would provide a solution in 2015. They still hold that AIR is the superior solution and will sound better than any UPnP box out there. This is because UPnP is largely a "compromised" design when applied to audio.

Had a fascinating conversation with Thierry regarding the ADH architecture and the magic wire DAC and how the two are intrinsically linked. Most of the technical stuff went over my head making me at times wonder if I wasn't in the wrong hobby . Still it is clearly very impressive stuff and the impression I got was that the actual PCM1792 chip is only a tiny part of the story.

Guillaume