It is definitely not inherently digital, as I understood the meaning of this expression. Two years ago it may have been very different, then nowadays, I do not know as I did not have it two years ago. The new 5.7 firmware made it even more musical, in stereo, in dual mono and it is really something special in quad mono.
Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC
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It is definitely not inherently digital, as I understood the meaning of this expression. Two years ago it may have been very different, then nowadays, I do not know as I did not have it two years ago. The new 5.7 firmware made it even more musical, in stereo, in dual mono and it is really something special in quad mono.
I own a dual mono setup.
Using our own highres, stereo miked recordings, the dual mono has more life, more air and more honesty - it is definitely closer to the real life music event. The quad mono is even more of this. I am not really into microdetail and nuances to be honest as this is not relevant in live music (at least as I think about honest music reproduction), I am more about lifesize musicians and instruments and lifesize dynamism.
Naim Ovator S600, but has quite expensive experience with Focal Diablo Utopia as well. I have heard the quad mono quite a few times with a Grande Utopia, it is really amazing combination.
Do not make mistake, I do not want to convince you or anybody else here. I shared my experience FWIW, you do not have to agree.
I am probably one of the very few Devialet owner who has the luxury to use (high-res) recordings for evaluation which were partly made by myself or I was on site when the recording was made. So I exactly know how the sound was there and what to expect at home.
By the way it was my experience not only with the Naim speaker but with the Diablo Utopia and with the Grande Utopia as well.
5.7.1/1.5 is definitely a big wow as far as my set up is concerned when using Air.
Memory can be deceiving, but the realism of the instruments has seemingly gone another notch up with this upgrade. I think I hear more texture, more realism and overall more pleasure listening. Can it really get any better than this?
I'll never stop to be amazed at the amount of progress that Devialet has been able to make over 2 years without asking owners to pay any cent extra.
Cheers,
Bernard
Memory can be deceiving, but the realism of the instruments has seemingly gone another notch up with this upgrade. I think I hear more texture, more realism and overall more pleasure listening. Can it really get any better than this?
I'll never stop to be amazed at the amount of progress that Devialet has been able to make over 2 years without asking owners to pay any cent extra.
Cheers,
Bernard
Well, that's one way to look at it. On the other hand, the commitement of Devialet with upgrades was not about sound quality, it was about missing features.
I feel that most of us were already very happy with the way the D^Premier sounded when we purchased it and we had no expectation in terms of sound quality improvement, did we?
So in the end my view is that they went much farther than initially planned.
Cheers,
Bernard
-- Nothing's 'free' though ("... without asking owners to pay any cent extra."). :b
* Bernard, tu parles Francais? :b
* Bernard, tu parles Francais? :b
Test coming out in the january 2013 edition of Stereophile, looks like it might be another positive one 
"Gracing the front cover of the January 2013 Stereophile Magazine is “Devialet’s enlightened D-Premier.” Announced by Stereophile: “THE AMPLIFIER REVOLUTION STARTS HERE”. Yes, the D-Premier is unlike anything the high-end industry has seen before.
John Atkinson concludes: “Devialet’s D-Premier amplifier is the most extraordinary product I have reviewed for Stereophile. Superb sound quality, future-proof design, everything you need in one box – it is the epitome of what a high-end product should be. Wow!”
"Gracing the front cover of the January 2013 Stereophile Magazine is “Devialet’s enlightened D-Premier.” Announced by Stereophile: “THE AMPLIFIER REVOLUTION STARTS HERE”. Yes, the D-Premier is unlike anything the high-end industry has seen before.
John Atkinson concludes: “Devialet’s D-Premier amplifier is the most extraordinary product I have reviewed for Stereophile. Superb sound quality, future-proof design, everything you need in one box – it is the epitome of what a high-end product should be. Wow!”
Considering that John Atkinson is probably the most influential audio reviewer in the US, if not in the world, this quote is an amazing X-Mas gift for the good folks of Devialet.
Cheers,
Bernard
You mean who did the measurement's tests? ... John Atkinson is the regular man. :b
... Michael Fremer ain't into testing; he's just an audio reviewer with an elaborate vocabulary,
and with a good sense of humor.
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