Devialet Expert Long Term Experience?

Hello,
I listen to 4 different devialet systems regularly. 

d1000 for movies, tv
d premier , vinyl and movies, tv
d 220 , movies, tv
d 220, CD player

i was a die hard tube fanatic and still have 3 tube systems that I enjoy very much. 

Devialet is a revelation in audio.  What I enjoy most is the consistency and superb reliability of the units.  

They sound exactly the the same as when they were first broken in. The bass is perfect especially on the 1000.  Wow that’s krell style slam.  Midrange and highs are beautiful on the blackest background ever possible for an amp. Dead quiet. 

Do i enjoy the Devialets as much as when I bought them years ago.  Yes I do.    I did find that a tube phono in front was a little nicer.  Devialet still has an excellent built in phono stage as well as a top notch dac. 

The Devialets will still amaze me with their realistic musical presentation. 

After many years of dealing with all sorts of tube gear reliability issues I finally have some peace.

Months at the dealer, listening to several high class speakers, with devialet, very unimpressed, sounds a little tinny, and weak,
just my impression


always went back to the Mac amps, and their older threshold vintage stuff.  

 Devialet is so overhyped.

I only heard an Devialet setup in a showroom.... just because it’s so expensive, always worth a learning experience.

Not that impressed, truly.

And I always feel confused when someone said: Hack, you didn’t get good sound because you don’t use that $$$$$ cables.

Look, an Ferrari is an Ferrari. Don’t care where you live, but you still need to feed it with Exxon or BP or Sunoco, the same gas any cheap car would use. An Ferrari doesn’t need ’racing circuit’ gas to be awesome.

So are high-end expensive audio equipment like Devialet. You may not *optimize* their potential with basic cables and power outlets, but they shall never sound average.

:-)

Here we are over a year later. I am looking at purchasing a used Expert 220 to pair with KEF Reference 1 speakers. At the heavily discounted prices on used Devialet amps, it seems like an opportunity. Yet, the fact that many customers seem disheartened and the existence of heavily discounted units causes concern. Curious to hear what current owners have to say. Would you buy one again, or stick with more traditional amplification?

Hi.  I sold my Devialet 140 expert pro.
I could not live with the thin midrange which is typical of class D.
I now have a Gryphon Diablo 120/dac which is superior