09-Dec-2016, 19:18
Hello All,
Our D's arrived late last night on a very cold winter evening and the brain trust UPS driver just left what is essentially a $20000 USD product at the front door. Wow! Wonder how that would play out if someone walked way with it.
Luckily our neighbour could keep a eye out til we could madly race home in the car.
So straight out of the box and as cold as ice the scale of the improvements wrought by this upgrade were just so immediately apparent and so very significant. In fact I'm surprised at the general tenor of the review comments posted here. I see some very enthusiastic reviews but the general tone seems to me to be moderate; pleased but restrained and some even not too pleased with the upgrade. That is just baffling to me.
At the risk of a making a declarative statement that my raise the ire of some, I maintain that if this upgrade is not immediately and overwhelmingly positive you have problems up or downstream in your system.
We heard tonal definition, stunning musical separation in complex orchestral threads (overture to Figaro), air, fierce musical energy and highly articulated bass warmth and slam (and all those audio nutbar goodies ) beyond our expectations. Our speakers had an organic warmth and graded texture we never heard in the past. The bass and guitar slam of a great old Tony Joe White swamp music song just sang with joy and musicianship. I could go on but the highest thanks and congratulations to Devialet for this upgrade and for a making it available to current owners.
WDW
Our D's arrived late last night on a very cold winter evening and the brain trust UPS driver just left what is essentially a $20000 USD product at the front door. Wow! Wonder how that would play out if someone walked way with it.
Luckily our neighbour could keep a eye out til we could madly race home in the car.
So straight out of the box and as cold as ice the scale of the improvements wrought by this upgrade were just so immediately apparent and so very significant. In fact I'm surprised at the general tenor of the review comments posted here. I see some very enthusiastic reviews but the general tone seems to me to be moderate; pleased but restrained and some even not too pleased with the upgrade. That is just baffling to me.
At the risk of a making a declarative statement that my raise the ire of some, I maintain that if this upgrade is not immediately and overwhelmingly positive you have problems up or downstream in your system.
We heard tonal definition, stunning musical separation in complex orchestral threads (overture to Figaro), air, fierce musical energy and highly articulated bass warmth and slam (and all those audio nutbar goodies ) beyond our expectations. Our speakers had an organic warmth and graded texture we never heard in the past. The bass and guitar slam of a great old Tony Joe White swamp music song just sang with joy and musicianship. I could go on but the highest thanks and congratulations to Devialet for this upgrade and for a making it available to current owners.
WDW
