25-Feb-2015, 18:12
Hi Womaz, and welcome. This is a good place to get a wide range of opinions from persons who have the Devialet and have fairly long term experiences with it.
On the USB cable, the small dealer that I bought mine from uses a Sonos Connect for radio and general listening. For sit-down serious listening, he streams through USB from a Mac Mini. That connection is USB, and he uses fairly regular USB cabling from the Mini to the Dev. He always demo's the D120 with the 'normal' speakers and something larger with the big Magico's. He feels that a good USB cable will make a difference, but he is talking about sub-$200.00, not ₤600.00.
More power is good, but the D120 seems to have quite a bit of grunt, at least for me. A tough call, but the difference in cash is pretty clear. If you ever felt you have double the money, then the possible dual mono option, starting with a D200, would be the way to go.
I'm not sure about the headphone connection, as I don't have any. Pre-out gets discussed here, but I cannot say if the current D120 has that or not.
Good luck with the search.
On the USB cable, the small dealer that I bought mine from uses a Sonos Connect for radio and general listening. For sit-down serious listening, he streams through USB from a Mac Mini. That connection is USB, and he uses fairly regular USB cabling from the Mini to the Dev. He always demo's the D120 with the 'normal' speakers and something larger with the big Magico's. He feels that a good USB cable will make a difference, but he is talking about sub-$200.00, not ₤600.00.
More power is good, but the D120 seems to have quite a bit of grunt, at least for me. A tough call, but the difference in cash is pretty clear. If you ever felt you have double the money, then the possible dual mono option, starting with a D200, would be the way to go.
I'm not sure about the headphone connection, as I don't have any. Pre-out gets discussed here, but I cannot say if the current D120 has that or not.
Good luck with the search.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
