After my my first (more or less sleepless) night with No. 72 I am really surprised. I never experienced a more pleasant step up in SQ in my Devialet journey. (D-premier-D240-D800- Od'A).
Looking from the change log from D800 to D900, I haven't expected any big difference (besides looking more pretty). (And remember the Od'A is new out of the box, no breakin done.)
I did a lot of A/B listening - an I will continue after having caught some sleep - to verify my first impression.
First of all - really not to important - my 250's always produced some very light standby noise. Probably the switched PSU only audible if you are really next to the devices in a quiet room. This is gone. My O'dA is really dead silent.
My listening setup was:
Jriver - Auralic Aries Femto/ Bauer DPS 3i with Lyra Kleos - D900 / D800 - Sonus Faber Amati Futura/ Magico V2
I had a friend with me to help with hearing and to to move the stuff around.
First impression on the D900 was, that it is just understands my listening habits better. it is like switching from a extremely technical perfect Chinese piano player playing Chopin on a world class niveau to an artist with real emotions.
The stage always had the same dimensions , but all the sudden the music was just that tiny kick more live. Playing Ella & Louis on Vinyl, there was this bit more of intimacy. Dont't sit in the first row - I am now sure that Louis is sweating.
Avro Pärt's "Berline Messe" - extremely difficult to hear - was eye opening. While the D900 kept the transparency of the D800 it added that life touch to the performance.
Sorry for my limited writing skills - doesn't help if you a dead tired - nur I keep you updated on the progress over the weekend. It is really the first time after I bought the Magico V2 5 years ago,that new equipment is keeping me awake.
Looking from the change log from D800 to D900, I haven't expected any big difference (besides looking more pretty). (And remember the Od'A is new out of the box, no breakin done.)
I did a lot of A/B listening - an I will continue after having caught some sleep - to verify my first impression.
First of all - really not to important - my 250's always produced some very light standby noise. Probably the switched PSU only audible if you are really next to the devices in a quiet room. This is gone. My O'dA is really dead silent.
My listening setup was:
Jriver - Auralic Aries Femto/ Bauer DPS 3i with Lyra Kleos - D900 / D800 - Sonus Faber Amati Futura/ Magico V2
I had a friend with me to help with hearing and to to move the stuff around.
First impression on the D900 was, that it is just understands my listening habits better. it is like switching from a extremely technical perfect Chinese piano player playing Chopin on a world class niveau to an artist with real emotions.
The stage always had the same dimensions , but all the sudden the music was just that tiny kick more live. Playing Ella & Louis on Vinyl, there was this bit more of intimacy. Dont't sit in the first row - I am now sure that Louis is sweating.
Avro Pärt's "Berline Messe" - extremely difficult to hear - was eye opening. While the D900 kept the transparency of the D800 it added that life touch to the performance.
Sorry for my limited writing skills - doesn't help if you a dead tired - nur I keep you updated on the progress over the weekend. It is really the first time after I bought the Magico V2 5 years ago,that new equipment is keeping me awake.
Bricasti M1 SE DAC -> Pass labs XP30 & XP25 phono -> Bryston B28sst2 -> Sonus Faber Amati Futura -> JRiver MC 21 -> Synology NAS / Quboz - Denon DP 7000 SME 5012
D1000pro -> Magico V2 -> Fanless NUC i5 (Broadwell) -> Jriver MC 21/ Bauer DPS3i / Lyra Kleos