18-Jan-2016, 17:53
Thanks to all of your for your replies.
to ogs : although your proposal makes much sense, it's not very easy for me to compare both solutions at home as I do not live inside the EU and will have to pay for import duty, unless going through very heavy temporary import paper work
to Hifi_swlon : I have asked Vincent the exact same question. His reaction, translated from French is approximately the following : "Yes indeed Devialet seems to be converting the analog input to digital based on what they say, yet some Devialet users tried my external DAC and found it better to listen. In fact it is very common for digitized analog inputs to be better than one digital input that is not good enough. The pros from concert industry know this very well with brands such as BSS or Lab Gruppen or hifi same with Goldmund. It's surprising but very current. Digital does not necessarily mean perfect."
to Womaz : you are perfectly right, the d1-six costs twice the price of the d1-server ; on the other hand, Vincent has a personal reputation of high integrity and good advice...
Thanks to thumb5 and Guillaume to. This is probably a matter of personal choice as you mention. Difficult to judge with the distance. But, even is this underlines the flexibility of Devialet product, both solutions significantly increase the cost of Devialet solution anyway.
to ogs : although your proposal makes much sense, it's not very easy for me to compare both solutions at home as I do not live inside the EU and will have to pay for import duty, unless going through very heavy temporary import paper work
to Hifi_swlon : I have asked Vincent the exact same question. His reaction, translated from French is approximately the following : "Yes indeed Devialet seems to be converting the analog input to digital based on what they say, yet some Devialet users tried my external DAC and found it better to listen. In fact it is very common for digitized analog inputs to be better than one digital input that is not good enough. The pros from concert industry know this very well with brands such as BSS or Lab Gruppen or hifi same with Goldmund. It's surprising but very current. Digital does not necessarily mean perfect."
to Womaz : you are perfectly right, the d1-six costs twice the price of the d1-server ; on the other hand, Vincent has a personal reputation of high integrity and good advice...
Thanks to thumb5 and Guillaume to. This is probably a matter of personal choice as you mention. Difficult to judge with the distance. But, even is this underlines the flexibility of Devialet product, both solutions significantly increase the cost of Devialet solution anyway.
