29-May-2017, 13:35
ism,
I just wanted to follow up and say that neither I, nor any of us, I hope, would try to convince you that the Devialet is the 'right' amp for you; it may not be. But I hope that you will look at all the aspects of your system before making a change. Cables, and cable arrangement, or 'cable dressing', really does seem to matter.
As I've rambled on about in other posts, getting your cables arranged neatly and away from each other really does affect the sound of the system. For me, that affect was completely critical in the higher frequencies. Changing coax cables from my modified Sonos Connect made a difference that was easily apparent. Even my wife could hear the difference, though her evaluation was simply that, 'I can play it louder now' when the better matched coax cable was in place.
If you can try your D120 on other systems, or with other sources or speakers you may be able to expose some interesting differences in various parts of the system, and get a better sonic picture of the D120 sound.
(Rome)
I just wanted to follow up and say that neither I, nor any of us, I hope, would try to convince you that the Devialet is the 'right' amp for you; it may not be. But I hope that you will look at all the aspects of your system before making a change. Cables, and cable arrangement, or 'cable dressing', really does seem to matter.
As I've rambled on about in other posts, getting your cables arranged neatly and away from each other really does affect the sound of the system. For me, that affect was completely critical in the higher frequencies. Changing coax cables from my modified Sonos Connect made a difference that was easily apparent. Even my wife could hear the difference, though her evaluation was simply that, 'I can play it louder now' when the better matched coax cable was in place.
If you can try your D120 on other systems, or with other sources or speakers you may be able to expose some interesting differences in various parts of the system, and get a better sonic picture of the D120 sound.
(Rome)
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
