16-Jan-2018, 18:20
When Devialet was still a very tiny company and had only one product (and a simple engineering based web site) Oxford Audio had a visit from one of the designers, who had been given the job of designing the phono stage in the D-Premier.
He told me that the phono stage, in terms of components used, was comfortably the most expensive part of the amplifier.
I was very happy with the phono stage on my D-Premier.
I don't know whether it changed when the new "Expert" line was added and the D-Premier could be updated to 250 spec - and later further.
I had my D-Premiers (I had added a second a few months after the first) updated to 800 spec. I have the impression that the MC stage was slightly noisier than before but I actually use an Ortofon T3000 SUT with my cartridge currently. I bought it along with a MC3000 II decades ago and have used it with the Jubilee and currently and A90 on the Devialet.
IMO the SQ is excellent.
He told me that the phono stage, in terms of components used, was comfortably the most expensive part of the amplifier.
I was very happy with the phono stage on my D-Premier.
I don't know whether it changed when the new "Expert" line was added and the D-Premier could be updated to 250 spec - and later further.
I had my D-Premiers (I had added a second a few months after the first) updated to 800 spec. I have the impression that the MC stage was slightly noisier than before but I actually use an Ortofon T3000 SUT with my cartridge currently. I bought it along with a MC3000 II decades ago and have used it with the Jubilee and currently and A90 on the Devialet.
IMO the SQ is excellent.
Devialet Original d'Atelier 44 Core, Job Pre/225, Goldmund PH2, Goldmund Reference/T3f /Ortofon A90, Goldmund Mimesis 36+ & Chord Blu, iMac/Air, Lynx Theta, Tune Audio Anima, Goldmund Epilog 1&2, REL Studio. Dialog, Silver Phantoms, Branch stands, copper cables (mainly).
Oxfordshire
