Devialet at Oxford Audio 13th July

[Confused]

Disappointing that the DAC is no different to the expert series. IMO the amplification of the Devialet is it's strong suit, but the DAC is a weak point. Surely there have been SQ improvements to make in that area?

One thing that was discussed at great length was that you cannot consider the DAC and ADH in combination in the same way as you would a standalone DAC.  They have revised the ADH architecture extensively and it is clear they consider the 'DAC' in this context to be a strong point.  What makes you think the DAC is a 'weak point'?  There is no evidence of this from how it sounds.  Although I guess that for anyone who wants native DSD, DXD or whatever, this is an issue.  The ADH architecture is PCM, period.  So DSD will need to be converted to PCM.  It should be noted that the ADH core runs at 40bit 384khz (I think this is correct, another one that needs Ian's notebook), 40bit 384khz is a lot!