Heresy, but here goes: Devialet to Lumin?

[Flashman]

@Flashman , When I went to my dealer to have a listen to some speakers, he also had the 1.5's and told me they'd be too hot in the treble for my taste. I never listened to them. I did however listen to the Giya G3 at the end of a Devialet 240 and listened specifically to some treble hot recordings. The Giya G3's didn't sound hot or digital at all. The source was a MacBook Pro via USB.

With the Giya range being a step up form the oval range I would expect it to be more revealing and more true to the recording.

So knowing what I know and reading what you have to say I come to the conclusion (an educated guess perhaps?) that it's most likely the 1.5's that are the 'problem' (the actual problem being the hot recordings).

I bought my D200 (170 at the time) because it did a number of things; It sounded great. It had the possibility to be used as a DAC/Pre-amp (future plans that never happened) and it had the possibility to use tone controls. It's the tone controls I suggest you have a play with. I use them for recordings that are too hot or lack bass and I can tell you they do help to make certain recordings enjoyable to listen to. They don't sound perfect but then again they're not perfect recordings to start with so you can't expect perfection in the first place.

Another few things to contemplate; set your speakers up a little closer to each other and put some absorbing material on the first reflection point on the side walls.

Good luck!

Pim

@Pim Huh, adjust the tone controls on some recordings.  Hadn't thought of that.  Will try!