I worked in France for five years (2011-2015) with Groupe Michelin. I can say one thing about the French professional culture: there is an obsessive focus on engineering. For the most part, that obsession is a good thing, as it leads to empirically driven solutions and a fact-driven approach. On the other hand, the engineering obsession can also result in an inordinate focus on intricate, devilishly complex solutions. Witness, my friends, Sweet Room from "Ingénierie Acoustique de France."
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
