11-Mar-2016, 12:24
(11-Mar-2016, 11:46)Womaz Wrote: I think anyone who owns any of these beauties has a responsibility to share with forum members....like a form of open house listening session
I completely agree. Mine haven't actually arrived yet, at the moment I have my dealer's unit. They have very kindly leant me theirs until mine ships which probably won't be till the end of the month.
On the subject of power, impedance ratings of speakers etc I know IanG-UK has a pair of Magico Q1s which don't apparently dip below 4 ohms and he is hearing similar things. So I think we have to assume it isn't just about raw power. I know when I spoke to Mathieu at Devialet he mentioned that they had managed to reduce distortion even further which was his explanation for some of the improvements we are hearing. He is also of the opinion that you can never have too much power. I know that the output impedance which was already vanishingly low has dropped further to 0.9 mR and that this is now maintained across much higher power outputs (over 1kW). It's a shame that Devialet don't publish these new measurements.
So yes even when I play classical music at low volumes I am hearing improved timbres of instruments. It is just more "natural" sounding.
Last night was fun blasting music at ridiculous SPLs, like I said it was effortless.
Guillaume
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