Devialet Expert Long Term Experience?


Would love to hear some more long term experience on the Devialet 200 or other of the Expert series amps. Many flattering reviews but few real life stories.

I recently heard two of the 200s as 400W monoblocks with the B&W 800 D3s and was blown away. I will listen to a single Expert 200 soon with some more speakers and am pretty sure I'll like it. I am a bass head and loved the tightness, accuracy and speed but at also loved the resolution and width of the mids and highs.

What I would like to know is how the Devialets feel and behave long-term in daily usage. They seem to run quite hot and some seem to experience some loss in SQ while running hot. Does it, despite the whole running class A/D in parallel thing, deliver class A quality with class D quantity and does it do so reliably at high temps over many hours and years of use? Any other bugs in this rather unconventional approach to an amp?

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Showing 1 response by samsca

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.