Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

@Agear,
It's not the sound quality of the digital section that has folks (also me) trying different renderers and servers, it's Devialet's current built in streamer AIR. AIR sounds outstanding and works pretty good with the occasional hiccup, but it needs to have a computer running on the network.. no upnp built in..

But wait there's more :-) Devialet just announced their Dialog device and Spark control point, which looks as if it'll add upnp and streaming capabilities without the need for a computer running on the network..It's supposed to sell for $400.00 and if it does what it's supposed to do (I expect it will) Bam! Home Run Baby :-)

And DSD will most likely become available around the Munich show this year..

All in all it's an awesome turnkey product that punches way above it's weight and really helps one to get off the audio merry go round and just sit back and enjoy the music..

01-01-15: Wisnon
The amps are not SOTA, as they essentially use the Threshold STASIS tech, which was an adaptation of current dumping. Class a voltage combined with class D current. The older techs used class B current.

Norman, you have been making that argument since 2012 (or most likely someone else fed you that argument...Goldmund maybe?). People obviously disagree with you on the factuality of it:

http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php?/topic/47092-finally-an-interesting-class-d-amp/page-4

Erik, for your perusal:

http://devialetchat.com/Thread-Mac-AIR-v-MiND-180-v-Auralic-ARIES-v-totaldac-d1-server?page=7

I got it from actual listening at Shows and from persuing forums like A-Asylum. There is a huge current dumping thread there.

I was interested in getting a Nakamishi Stasis amp once upon a time, as I know of Nelson Pass accomplishment with Stasis power. A UK audio industry buddy also told me about the hybrid amp tech and how they developed it.

BTW, I did not even visit Goldmund until mid-2013, so you are barking up the wrong tree. What would they know about Current Dumping anyway?

I also resent your implication that I cant think for myself and apply critical reasoning. Methinks you are the one swayed here by bling.

Andrew, did you read post 135?

Those people were wrong. Cant see the forest for the trees. Class A voltage, Class B or Class D current drive. Simples.

All the engineering egghead speak cant get away from that helicopter view.
Been there, done that, bought the T shirt.

01-03-15: Wisnon
I got it from actual listening at Shows and from persuing forums like A-Asylum. There is a huge current dumping thread there.

I was interested in getting a Nakamishi Stasis amp once upon a time, as I know of Nelson Pass accomplishment with Stasis power. A UK audio industry buddy also told me about the hybrid amp tech and how they developed it.

BTW, I did not even visit Goldmund until mid-2013, so you are barking up the wrong tree. What would they know about Current Dumping anyway?

I also resent your implication that I cant think for myself and apply critical reasoning. Methinks you are the one swayed here by bling.
Wisnon (Answers | This Thread)

01-03-15: Wisnon
Andrew, did you read post 135?

Those people were wrong. Cant see the forest for the trees. Class A voltage, Class B or Class D current drive. Simples.

All the engineering egghead speak cant get away from that helicopter view.
Been there, done that, bought the T shirt.

Audio posting is riddled with derivate information due to the lack of a true technical background for many of us and we all recycle it endlessly. Nothing new there (and thus the Godlmund guess).

Posts 108 and 9 said it all. Case closed. Start another thread if you still desire to flesh out your hypothesis.

I do not own Devaliet, but there appears to be actual innovation (and the patents behind it). I am most intrigued by the Phantom project. Devaliet apparently had a team of 40 engineers fiddling on it. That's in stark contrast to what we are used to seeing in hi end audio (lone audio mystic tweaking a 1950s tube circuit through the alchemy of better parts) and trumpeting that as innovation. They both have their place, but Devaliet and companies like it are dragging things forward and people will naturally resist that or be cynical (or jealous if you are a manufacturer like your friend in the UK Norman). I have been waiting for something like the Phantom since the early 2000s and its here for better and for worse.

I would love to hear the Devaliet in my system. I would love even more to hear the Phantom speakers and either use them for a second system or possibly a sick HT system. I showed wifey images of them, and she was enthralled. She told me to dump all my archaic junk, buy a nice credenza and some phantoms for my dedicated room. It would make for some absurd, existential style theater....:)

Matt, an industry guy who is fairly picky also heard the Devaliet/Totem system at the NY show and was impressed as well.