Regarding ASR's devastating report of the D200, this is the measurement they made of repaired unit following return from Devialet:
Compare this to the more recent ASR test of the M33. What I think is remarkable is that these results are so similar, I would imagine a larger difference is possible between different production samples of the same product. Indeed, the difference between channels on the NAD is greater than the difference between channel 1 on the NAD versus the channel 1 of the Devialet.
In terms of ASR's words:
NAD M33 "the ranking is still very good though"
Devialet D200: "This is well above average compared to all the amplifiers we have measured but way short of state-of-the-art:"
Compare this to the more recent ASR test of the M33. What I think is remarkable is that these results are so similar, I would imagine a larger difference is possible between different production samples of the same product. Indeed, the difference between channels on the NAD is greater than the difference between channel 1 on the NAD versus the channel 1 of the Devialet.
In terms of ASR's words:
NAD M33 "the ranking is still very good though"
Devialet D200: "This is well above average compared to all the amplifiers we have measured but way short of state-of-the-art:"
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