I've heard the Devialet driving a pair of Giya G2. It was nice, but I wasn't captivated to stick around. Maybe it was the alien looking speakers and SAM had the day off. Maybe I'm a HiFi bigot and I was racially discriminating because Class A and tubes rule. Maybe it was the room and the Ruby Rhod company I was with, prancing a fashionably gay pitch to prospective apartment dwellers looking for form.
Would I consider this for an office system? Probably some later generation is a future buy when squares and curves will be a recognised marriage. I think HiFi will gravitate this way progressively, driven by lifestyle demand. For now, my wife has been meticulously groomed to appreciate boxes (plural) and cables (make a difference).
Would I want to have a digital phono stage with a choice of AD sampling and RIAA de-emphasis in the digital domain and DAC (reconstitution)? Naaaahhh, but if it created a digital DSD file for me to archive into my digitial collection then I would buy one all night long!
Would I consider this for an office system? Probably some later generation is a future buy when squares and curves will be a recognised marriage. I think HiFi will gravitate this way progressively, driven by lifestyle demand. For now, my wife has been meticulously groomed to appreciate boxes (plural) and cables (make a difference).
Would I want to have a digital phono stage with a choice of AD sampling and RIAA de-emphasis in the digital domain and DAC (reconstitution)? Naaaahhh, but if it created a digital DSD file for me to archive into my digitial collection then I would buy one all night long!