chua55 Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Since they are quite a lot of floorstander owners, can you pls share with me your experience in speaker positioning. For me, I spend weeks if not month trying to find the right position, and it is never rite. Considering my unit is a bookshelf, I am lucking to have it moved around quite easily, I am asking just in case I will be facing this problem in the not so long future. laser pointer ?
Idlewise4ever Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Bro Dane, see this thread http://review.u-audio.com.tw/reviewdetail.asp?reviewid=377, Devialet running on blue sapphires with good results, maybe u wanna consider this Cheers
dane1624705945 Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Bro Dane, see this thread http://review.u-audio.com.tw/reviewdetail.asp?reviewid=377, Devialet running on blue sapphires with good results, maybe u wanna consider this Cheers cost about S$ 20k and while it looks cool and very un-hifi and get good reviews, its above my budget and too many alternative at such price..
Doggie Howser Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 If you consider that it has a DAC phono and integrated amp, the 20k is surprisingly reasonable :) compared to some really esoteric gear here. Plus this is the only one I know that has an HDMI DAC!!
Idlewise4ever Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Yeah doggie, I contacted Quantin partner of company, he willing to give 15days money back guarantee, top with a free Weiss int202 for pc interface, however in sep it can do wireless streaming Liao, very very tempting sia
Doggie Howser Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Forget SACD. Think BluRays with great 2.0 LPCM HD tracks. Even if it didn't play SACD DSD, I think that along would be a big jump cos there's no other way to get HD bitstream out to a good quality DAC. That said, obviously I would be thrilled if it did DSD over HDMI. But none of the reviews ever tested this functionality IIRC.
Idlewise4ever Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 This I donno leh need to ask. My only concern is the dac they use, it's burr brown 1792 chips, I tot 1794 will be better? Or I am wrong.
Doggie Howser Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Think it's the implementation more than just the DAC itself. I don't recall reading which chips it used tho.
Idlewise4ever Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 http://www.devialet.com/technology.php, on the diagram u click on the magnifying glass to expand.
Idlewise4ever Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 http://www.hi-av.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=525 see third pic devialet on sapphire in tw show sia
Idlewise4ever Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Extract from Chinese review on sacd via hdmi of devialet Devialet宣稱D-Premier是一款面向數位聆聽時代的產品，所以他可以連接的訊源種類不限於傳統數位唱盤，數位輸入除了RCA同軸、光纖以及XLR端子，連HDMI輸入端子也包含在內。可以直接與劇院系統串連，也可以與SACD或藍光等高解析訊源連接。加上選購的Wi-Fi接收模組後，就可以與電腦無線溝通，成為數位流解碼擴大機。令人訝異的是D-Premier盡然還內建了MM/MC唱頭放大線路，堪稱十八般武藝樣樣俱全！
Bahia Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 This I donno leh need to ask. My only concern is the dac they use, it's burr brown 1792 chips, I tot 1794 will be better? Or I am wrong. Both PCM1792/94 are the same actually. One of the difference is PCM1792 is software-controlled while PCM1794 is hardware controlled. So you need a microcontroller to control it via I2C or SPI. PCM1794 can be more diy friendly I believe. The PCM179x uses current segment DAC and this helps to provide lowest jitter and highest linearity. You can see how many zeros in the THD. Since the data is converted to analog output at this stage, you'll need a I to V conversion
dane1624705945 Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 from a Sapphire owner at AVS: I've sold the Egglestonworks Andra 2 and moved on and this time I think I may have finally found my perfect speaker, a few months back i may have annoyed a couple of people on these forums when I claimed that although I respected and greatly admired the c1's I could never truly fall in love with it. Well on a lark I decided to audition a pair of speakers and in a surprising turn of events that I wasn't expecting I absolutely fell head over heels for it. In my room, it is the most complete speaker I have ever heard, the most musical, the most moving, and it has a synergistic coupling to my system and room that is just perfect. Better even than when I heard it in past showrooms. This speaker produces an absolutely clear mid-band, incredibly neutral and it's resolution is the best I have heard in my room and only equaled in other outside auditions by the Magico V2 and Wilson Sophia 3. This is an amazing speaker for peering into the recording, into timbre and texture and inflection and breathing, just brilliant. It is very FAST, faster than the Sophia 3 and as fast as the Magico. This speaker, the magico m5 and V2, Avant garde DUO and a Von Schweikert vr-5 are the fastest speakers I have ever heard. I've said the mid-band was clear but let me say it again, it is absolutely open with gobs of air and seperation, vocals are full bodied and extended and the transition from mid-range to tweeter is incredibly transparent and fluid, i felt the other speaker that did this best was the Focal Diablo, now the Diablo has company. The imaging is nearly perfect except for a slight foreshortening from front to back, it's only fault in the imaging stakes in my book, lateral spread was wide, extended and fully formed. The musical images were fully formed and had body and volume. Shortcomings? It isn't full range, and while the bass is punchy and taut and services the music capably it fails to give that inaudible yet visceral bass air that truly defines a recording venue. If it just went down +/- 3db a few more hertz it would be perfect. Faults? there are faults but I’m not sure I’d call them that. For instance the treble in the vocal region is a little hot and you’d think this would be a problem but the tweeter is so clear, so grain free, the handoff from the mids to highs so smooth and seamless that this shortcoming is ameliorated, and this fault actually helps the vocals since it gives a certain lift to it so separate it from the background a bit and give you a chance to hear literally nearly everything there; inflection, enunciation, breathing, pause, start, going up, coming down it’s all there. Many times in listening to it I was left shaking my head in disbelief, here was a speaker that had so much resolution I had a hard time believing it could be this musical but it was, I heard timbre so warm, liquid and pure it couldn’t possibly be giving me full resolution but it did. Jazz was addictively musical, classical with brass was glorious, vocals were moving, rock was propulsive, it was fantastic and perfect. The last time I was this moved was when I switched to tubes, and the last time before that was when I discovered Dynaudio, and the last time before that was when I had my first hi-fi at 13. I could go on and on and keep checking things off a checklist full of audio goodies but I haven’t touched yet on that quality which is harder to catch than lightning in a bottle and that’s musicality. I don’t know what it is but I know I like it when I hear it and this speaker has bags of it. Lately I’ve been slightly disappointed with the higher end models I’ve heard from Dynaudio because while they were impressive they didn’t make me go gaga, I felt they were putting neutrality and precision over artistry and musicality but no longer, my faith is restored and between this speaker, the special 25 and the Excite models, I think Dynaudio is evolving. And you know what bowls me over? I wasn’t expecting much going in, I thought the speakers to have that were kick-ass were the Confidence models specifically the c4 and the Evidence series, I had sort of dismissed it as a pretty face and maybe just a special model more for curio than a real music product, well no longer; the Dynaudio Sapphires bring me the best, most musical sounds I’ve ever heard in my system and maybe anywhere, I think I may be settling down for the long haul. I’m back to Dynaudio and I’m loving it.
DJQ Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 We should see Dynaudio producing new models very soon by yr end. Bro Dane is one of the few with such an outstanding floorstander.
DJQ Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Anyone bought a focus 110 lately? Why the question? Stocks running low. You wanna buy better be fast.
dirtyjack Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Very interested in getting one thus wanna know what's the market price for it now. See if its more worthwhile to get it from the neighbouring country. No offense to the dealer here :)
Bahia Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Very interested in getting one thus wanna know what's the market price for it now. See if its more worthwhile to get it from the neighbouring country. No offense to the dealer here :) From my understanding, neighbouring countries all buy from Dyn Singapore. Why so troublesome? Just get from Nick. Good service, good speakers and good price definitely. :)
dane1624705945 Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 I dont believe there is anything worthwhile to save by buying Focus 110's overseas, so support our local dealer!
dane1624705945 Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 was just informed there in addtion to an Ivory set, also is a Bordeaux set of new Sapphires available in Europe. Last 2 new pairs and they are B-stock with very minor faults in the finish. pm me if interested and I can put u in contact. No more Sapphires available locally, so hope no-one offended that I share this..
DJQ Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Calling Quest! I rem your gf says she prefer Sapphires as oppose to confidence? ;D It's now or never... And yes I am pulling you and your gf to Join us Dynaudio owners. :P
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