It appears to me that you've missed the "sequel":
https://www.monoandstereo.com/2015/02/de...ution.html
"Devialet in a sense, revolutionised audio and changed many people`s lives. I can understand the simplification and appreciate the absence of cable clutter and multiple gear stack. Its great and it can work for some. What I cannot understand is the constant industry pushing and high praising of Devialet from the fellow high-end media representatives. Is the marketing coin really so sweet? In my fully sober, lucid state I cannot proclaim Devialet as a fully fledged high-end audio component. It`s not. It can be the latest and the greatest high-tech lifestyle audio music centre in its best industrial design form. Yet, taking the nerve to call it the replacement for the complete high-end audio system is kind of… very wrong for me to sign under.
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So, to save mine and your time, the conclusion is clear from my side of the bench. In my view the Devialet is great in what it achieved in one chassis and this with easiness and unseen elegancy. But, call it a true high-end system solution is not something I could do. No matter how much I tried to embrace it or implement it, it always stayed in the realms of hi-fi without crossing the shores of true high-end. Perhaps the reason for positioning the Devialet on the right plane is disagreeing of the avid borderline between hi-fi and high-end. And this is something, that needs to be addressed by the industry as soon as possible for the benefit of all.
By the end of the day many people will be and are happy with the choice. But in the critical world of high-end audio, I strongly feel that the lines should be drawn and references clearly stated."
https://www.monoandstereo.com/2015/02/de...ution.html
"Devialet in a sense, revolutionised audio and changed many people`s lives. I can understand the simplification and appreciate the absence of cable clutter and multiple gear stack. Its great and it can work for some. What I cannot understand is the constant industry pushing and high praising of Devialet from the fellow high-end media representatives. Is the marketing coin really so sweet? In my fully sober, lucid state I cannot proclaim Devialet as a fully fledged high-end audio component. It`s not. It can be the latest and the greatest high-tech lifestyle audio music centre in its best industrial design form. Yet, taking the nerve to call it the replacement for the complete high-end audio system is kind of… very wrong for me to sign under.
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So, to save mine and your time, the conclusion is clear from my side of the bench. In my view the Devialet is great in what it achieved in one chassis and this with easiness and unseen elegancy. But, call it a true high-end system solution is not something I could do. No matter how much I tried to embrace it or implement it, it always stayed in the realms of hi-fi without crossing the shores of true high-end. Perhaps the reason for positioning the Devialet on the right plane is disagreeing of the avid borderline between hi-fi and high-end. And this is something, that needs to be addressed by the industry as soon as possible for the benefit of all.
By the end of the day many people will be and are happy with the choice. But in the critical world of high-end audio, I strongly feel that the lines should be drawn and references clearly stated."
Devialet Expert 440 Pro | Dynaudio Confidence 50 | 2x SVS SB16-Ultra
Anthem MRX 720 | Dynaudio Excite X28 | Dynaudio Emit M20
LG OLED 77 CX | LG OLED 65 C7
Anthem MRX 720 | Dynaudio Excite X28 | Dynaudio Emit M20
LG OLED 77 CX | LG OLED 65 C7
