Munich 2018

[IanG-UK]

...a demonstation area on the ground floor (Giya G1 Spirit driven by 6 Devialet 250s) .......

Many thanks for the comprehensive write up Ian.  (I presume you were armed with your notebook?) I think for me it is the sense you get from meetings like this that matter most, often far more than what is actually said.  So it is good that this aspect appears to be positive.  As ever, time will tell with Devialet.

Re the above, did you get to listen to this?  I have heard the G2's with a 1000 Pro, this was excellent, so I would say the G1's with six Devialet 250's certainly has some potential if set up correctly.

You are right - it is the sense you get rather than the content and I felt they were more positive and not "on their guard".

Yes we listened to the G1s. Both with the passive crossover and the active one which had been a joint venture between Vivid and Devialet with Lawrence Dickie much involved. Whilst there were impressive elements the bare room was a limitation, the sound was bouncy and the bass had to be cut back quite a lot. 

I think they see themselves as uniquely placed to deliver these multiroom super expensive systems to those who are not audiophiles but like the best and can afford it, where the competition may be producing equivalent sound quality but are using ugly or brash or big boxes - whereas only(?) Devialet do it with small understated elegant pieces of kit.