I was ready to upgrade the speakers to go with my MF DM25 Transport & DAC and MF kW550 (all upgraded by John Sampson) and had my eye on a pair of Acoustic Energy Reference 3s, but wondered if I was attacking the problem the wrong way. I decided that maybe an upgrade to the amp, which was enormous, used to dim the lights when it was turned on and put out enough heat to keep the room warm, might be a better bet. I'd read about the Devialet amps in HiFi News some time ago and looked for a local dealer. I phoned Seven Integration and bought a D200, without hearing it, on the 5th of September 2014. I augmented it with a 200 companion on the 29th of January this year. Deciding to buy my Devialet amps was the best move in HiFi that I've ever made.
Project Eperience X Pack with Ortofon Rondo Red MC, Oppo BDP 105D, 2 x Sonos Connect, QNAP HS251+ NAS with 2 X 6TB Western Digital Red, Mac 5K 32GB running Lifetime Roon, iPad Pro 12.9" for remote control. Etalon Ethernet Isolator, Devialet 440 Pro CI, Sonus faber Olympica ll with Isoacoustics Gaia ll feet, Auralic Taurus Mkll headphone amp., Denon AH-D5000, Sennheiser HD600 and HD800 with Cardas cable, Van Den Hul The First Ultimate and Crystal interconnects, Furutech power cables, GSP Audio Spatia speaker cable.
South Coast England
