Good speaker match for the Devialet, Magico ?

At an audio store in SF last night, there was a presentation of a Devialet paired to Triangle's new Signature speakers. Very musical even at high levels. Not sure how much the Nordost Valhalla cables played a part.

I would say matching with French speakers is worth of audition.

I am not a Magico fan, but the only time I have enjoyed them was with a devaliet amp, very nice indeed. The last demo with Magico used $200,000+'s worth of constelation amps. I thought it was painfully hard and dry, not my taste at all.

The day I heard them with Magico, next door they had a devaliet 170 with Sonus Faber standmounts, not sure which ones. Now I love Sonus Faber, but this combination was'nt a success, muddy hard edged sound, lacking detail.

It does seem odd to me that some products you can match with almost anything which is electrically compatible, others are really fussy about matching. Take Wilson speakers, I find them painful with Krell amps, but delightful wit ARC and D'Agostino Momentum amps.

You Always listen to all the different parts togheter and the acoustics. And every person still have there own preference. Audio Always will be the art of the right combination. And yes there are many brands who do not match with eachother. Even at shows people make often mistakes about the combination because they use only what they sell.

I'm French and you should not consider French speakers for Devialet because it's french. Focal or Triangle are a joke on High-end speakers (way too expensive for the result). Jean marie Reynaud are colorful. Cabasse created real good High-end speakers but too expensive anyway.
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Don't know if you have bought yet, but try out some vivid audio speakers - I heard some at the Audio Lounge the other day and was very very impressed. Super imaging, great depth of field, real weight as well. Timed very well too