04-Mar-2016, 12:11
(04-Mar-2016, 11:23)Carcrashboy Wrote:(09-Jan-2016, 17:59)IanG-UK Wrote:(09-Jan-2016, 16:55)warpeon Wrote: Jealous!! Mind sharing which model of the aq power cord it came with? How good of a pairing is aq with the d?
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It comes with two Audioquest NRG power cables; one Audioquest Carbon RCA/RCA master/companion link; one Audioquest Sydney cable which I guess is the trigger connection. I've not used any of these as my existing cables are somewhat plumbed in and I decided not to experiment.
The Od'A comes with firmware 9.0.1 pre-installed so I am using that for the first time too, having previously stuck with 7.1.3 and an old config file.
I'm resisting commenting on sound quality in view of the largely inaccessible nature of the changes, given that the Od'A is pretty well sold out. It is to be hoped that new 800s get some, if not all, of the changes and that equivalent retrofits are made available to existing owners who want them. This is, in my view, implied in Devialet's non-obsolescence promise made some time ago, though clearly there may be some practical limitations.
Devialet have not committed to this as far as I know, though I imagine the new A and D boards will go into new 800s at some point. I imagine the thermal management changes and the integrated power supply changes might drip down but might not but I would hope all will become clear by the time of the Munich show.
For those who have not seen it here is the Devialet release on the Od'A.
Hi Ian,
Do you happen know which model of AQ NRG power cables Devialet have supplied? If there are no markings then could you tell me what colour they are, that might give a clue.
Many thanks
Graham
Graham - I do not use the leads and have not even tried them - but the mains leads are black and marked NRG X in red on the plug on side and aq in red on the plug on the other side, at the Devialet end. The signal leads are marked Audioquest Sydney and Audioquest Carbon on one and both plugs respectively.
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