That Stereophile review is two years old.I heard the devialet a few times and have always been impressed with it. But I've never heard it face a demanding impedance load. JA didn't find it to be suitable for loads under 4 ohms.
I bet the Mola Mola would do much better with lower impedance speakers.
That Stereophile review is two years old.
The Devialet D-Premier was upgraded to the 240, and a firmware upgrade turned it into the 250. If you need more power, you can bridge a pair of 250s into a 800.
The Devialets don't seem to have any problem driving the 4 ohm Magico speakers:
http://www.soundstageultra.com/inde...et-sam-and-the-changing-of-the-high-end-guard
http://www.ultraaudio.com/index.php/equipment-menu/528-devialet-400-mono-integrated-amplifier-dacs
Bridging will only make it perform worse at lower impedance.
"The question is: Are you ready for it? If you’re like me, once you hear the Devialet 400, there will be no going back. I’m as surprised as you that I’m saying this, but the Devialet 400s produced the best sound I’ve ever heard." - Jeff Fritz
Have you heard the D400s?
Bridging will only make it perform worse at lower impedance.
Since then some aspects of the design has been improved.Because the output is digitally defined, and custom power supply so rigidly regulated, there is no difference in either continuous or dynamic power output, amounting to 165w, 330w, 650w into 8,4, and 2ohm loads.
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Di dI read Bruno stating something about 140dB ?
I know he has been working on it a long time.
Keith.
The Mola Mola Kaluga and the Dev gear aren't in the same category of product, IMO.
I think JA even mentioned the fact that it's difficult to measure the Dev like a traditional amplifier due to the super high gain on the analog input, which i think is designed for record players. For sure, these measurements demonstrate a lack of dynamic range but that's not being fair to the unique design of the Dev gear.
I would also need to mention that as far as the digital side is concerned, the Mola Mola DAC will easily best the Dev gear in the digital to analog conversion tests. The Dev got only 18 bits of resolution when JA dropped it down to 24 bits. That's not very impressive. There are many DACs that can outpeform the Dev and the Mola Mola DAC will be one of them for sure.
Well I recently heard a setup with two devialets bridged in mono and upgraded firmware to "pro" status. The speakers were a pair of Piega TX70s (or 90s...not sure) with the coaxial planar mid/tweeter. I am not sure what others (including Jeff Fritz) hear in such a sound but to my ears it is flat, a bit hard and not very tonally correct. It has a kind of transparency but without inner detail and a lot of leading edge and not much in the way of harmonic envelope. I was quickly fatigued by this sound and IMO is only suitable for modern rock/pop or electronic music. Acoustic music is not well served with that sound. Now, granted, Piegas are more on the analytical side soundwise but this is not a sound I could get behind.
That said, I have to agree with DallasJusitce as well on the mola molas and the specs he wants to tout are meaningless with regards to sonics. I have heard molas now quite a bit with Lanshce speakers and compared to what I have heard from Lansches with biamped KR Kronzillas it was an unmitigated disaster with the mola molas.
Agree totally, no comparison.
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