What's going on here! The moaning about Devialet thread is filling up positive comments, and the messages to Devialet thread has drifted into I do not quite know what! Oh well.
Anyway, @Wdw 's comment (post #52) reminds me of conversation at an Oxford Audio Devialet event. There were a few of us in the main showroom area, looking at the various amps on display. There was some impressive looking kit there, big Audio Research amps, fancy stuff from darTZeel, big powerful looking stuff. The Devialet guy commented that they sometimes wondered if they would have done better in the USA if they had made the D-Premier with a big impressive looking case, rather than the slimline design chosen. I am not sure if this translates into the Canadian market.
The point is, that in the UK, the Expert does appear to be alive and well. There are a number of Devialet dealers within a 50 / 100 mile radius of my home. (admittedly the UK is rather more population dense than either the US or Canada) Two of these dealers I have seen running one / two page adverts recently featuring Devialet in the UK hifi magazines.
So I am wondering if our overall views re Devialet are maybes somewhat geographically influenced? Just a thought.
Anyway, this is supposed to be the messages to Devialet thread, so I will aim to nudge this thread back on topic.
Devialet: Why were you not at the Bristol Sound and Vision show this weekend? Hegel were there with the H590, very impressive sounding it was too. In fact, there were a number of companies demonstrating systems in both the Phantom and Expert Pro price brackets. I am not sure what it costs to exhibit? Not cheap I guess, but it was very busy, a very long queue outside even before the 10am opening time, so might well have been worth it?
Anyway, @Wdw 's comment (post #52) reminds me of conversation at an Oxford Audio Devialet event. There were a few of us in the main showroom area, looking at the various amps on display. There was some impressive looking kit there, big Audio Research amps, fancy stuff from darTZeel, big powerful looking stuff. The Devialet guy commented that they sometimes wondered if they would have done better in the USA if they had made the D-Premier with a big impressive looking case, rather than the slimline design chosen. I am not sure if this translates into the Canadian market.
The point is, that in the UK, the Expert does appear to be alive and well. There are a number of Devialet dealers within a 50 / 100 mile radius of my home. (admittedly the UK is rather more population dense than either the US or Canada) Two of these dealers I have seen running one / two page adverts recently featuring Devialet in the UK hifi magazines.
So I am wondering if our overall views re Devialet are maybes somewhat geographically influenced? Just a thought.
Anyway, this is supposed to be the messages to Devialet thread, so I will aim to nudge this thread back on topic.
Devialet: Why were you not at the Bristol Sound and Vision show this weekend? Hegel were there with the H590, very impressive sounding it was too. In fact, there were a number of companies demonstrating systems in both the Phantom and Expert Pro price brackets. I am not sure what it costs to exhibit? Not cheap I guess, but it was very busy, a very long queue outside even before the 10am opening time, so might well have been worth it?
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