Optimal sample rate and bit depths for Devialet Expert

[petrik]

The quality of the source material will make the most difference, after this probably your room acoustics (I am going to try room correction via convolution at some point, and would love bass traps, but struggle to integrate them into our family living room!), and then the type of input/streamer used.

I would 100 % recommend using convolution. At least it works very well on my room & system.

What I have gleaned from the feedback is that when dealing with PCM it's probably best just to supply the Devialet at the PCM files native rate and let the Devialet do it's magic - for me this will be CD/Redbook 16/44.1.  So there would be no point in selecting your network streamer to upsample beyond the files native rate - is this correct?

If I remember correctly, the Devialet upsamples all inputs to 192 kHz. So you can do this upsampling already on your pc/mac/streamer or alternatively you can let Devialet to do it. The difference is quite small as others have already said.

I am also debating Auralitic vs something more expensive such as dCS Network bridge, but want to try a few things out first... hence these posts.

Perhaps you could start with something simple first and something that doesn't require heavy investments? Like for example Roon. It has a free trial, sounds good, works nicely with Devialet, and you can run convolution and upsampling on it if needed.

Or perhaps you should wait for the Devialet streamer board before buying any expensive streamer?

I'm sure though that something like dCS would sound stunning with Devialet