D200 not very good sounding at low volume

[jjo]

Lets stop further discussions about this subject. Apparently noone besides me noticed this effect. Thats fine with me. Guess enjoy your music!

It's nice to notice the world hasn't changed a bit

I was experiencing the same exact thing. Relatively sensitive speakers and volume levels that went way below -40dB -> lifeless sound.

I tried to discuss the problem on a few forums, but on all of them I got a bunch of non-answers like "I have completely different speakers and listen to them at a way higher volume leves, but I have not noticed any problems and thus I don't believe any problems exist". Also I was told that the problem must be with my speakers, my hearing, my listening space, and bunch of other things, but certainly not Devialet. It didn't matter that low listening at low volumes was great with the same speakers, same ears, same room but with a different amp.

So eventually I gave up, kinda like you're doing now. Welcome to my world

Im my case the solution was to lower the output power enough so that it would scale the volume control so that my normal listening volume was around -40dB. Then it seemed to work relative well and had some room for lowering the volume before things got bad. Interestingly enough, I complained about this to Devialet also and I feel like the situation is way better with recent firmwares. It used to be way worse.

I hope you find settings that work for you.