18-Sep-2014, 10:34
I'm with you on a lot of this! People buy Devialet for many reasons. Some are downsizing from bigger more expensive solutions and one reason for the simplification is to enable more money to be spent on speakers, cables etc. I did this and I also wanted to release money from my more expensive system before it plummeted in value as most hifi inevitably does. I also wanted to simplify with an integrated solution from an electrical standpoint too - I had issues with the domestic mains and one route to cracking the problems was to cut the box count. I was slightly disappointed, but not overly surprised that mains cables and interconnects had a large effect on SQ. Fortunately speaker cables don't have such a large effect as with most other gear.
Most though are just looking for a great all-in-one solution and Devialet don't seem to be helping the cause by not embracing technologies like UPnP that they've hinted at for long while now. I detest iTunes lately because it's terrible if you have a lot of music, in my case over 2500 albums, and I just detest it anyway!
My personal upgrade path has always been to a 250 (I don't want more boxes, cables etc.) but the option is not terribly attractive now - just 50W more for around £6k?
Most though are just looking for a great all-in-one solution and Devialet don't seem to be helping the cause by not embracing technologies like UPnP that they've hinted at for long while now. I detest iTunes lately because it's terrible if you have a lot of music, in my case over 2500 albums, and I just detest it anyway!
My personal upgrade path has always been to a 250 (I don't want more boxes, cables etc.) but the option is not terribly attractive now - just 50W more for around £6k?
