Devialet 250 Amplifier, Streamer and Digital to Analogue Converter

Superb Devialet 250 combination amplifier, streamer and DAC finished in "black chrome". This October 2013 example is in excellent condition and is supplied with the original packaging and accessories including the remote, mains power cable, SD memory card, manual, warranty booklet, white gloves and an allen key for changing the batteries in the remote. It has the very latest version 9.0.1 firmware installed.

This remarkable piece of engineering works in a radically different way to traditional amplifier designs. It uses Devialet's ADH technology which cleverly combines both class A and class D amplification to provide the best of both worlds. It provides a detailed, natural and fluid sound with bags of power and grip and incredible dynamic range. In terms of sound quality it is amongst the very best we have heard, regardless of price.

It is also extremely flexible. It has optical and coaxial S/PDIF digital inputs, line level and moving magnet / moving coil analogue inputs, AIR bit-perfect wireless, wired Ethernet and asynchronous USB streaming from Windows PCs, Apple Macs (including the latest OS X El Capitan release). It will also stream music wirelessly from iOS and Android devices, using a free downloadable app. The majority of the sockets on the rear panel are customisable and can be reassigned as required. For example you can turn a line level RCA input into a moving magnet or moving coil phono input or even an S/PDIF digital input. Or you can turn an RCA S/PDIF digital input into a digital output or even an analogue output. Up to eight units can be daisy-chained together to form a hugely powerful 4-way fully active system.

The built-in moving magnet and moving coil phono stage is extremely quiet with virtually no noise. It is just about the most versatile that we have come across too. With fine grained control over voltage as well as resistive and capacitive load it can be tuned to perfectly match your cartridge. It comes with cartridge loading presets optimised for many popular cartridges (you just select your make and model from a list of options) and even equalisation curve presets to match specific record companies and recording standards (RIAA 1976, RIAA 1953, RCA, Decca, EMI, Columbia etc).

The full specification is available here but the key features are...

  • 2 x 250 watts output (6 ohm)
  • ADH hybrid class A/D technology
  • AES/EBU balanced digital input
  • Speaker Active Matching (SAM)
  • 2 x optical digital inputs (1 x Toslink and 1 x minijack)
  • Up to 4 x S/PDIF coaxial digital inputs
  • Up to 2 x RCA line level inputs
  • Up to 2 x RCA moving magnet or moving coil phono inputs
  • Optional S/PDIF coaxial digital output
  • Optional mono or stereo preamplifier output
  • Network input (Wifi or Ethernet) for Devialet AIR streaming (compatible with Mac, PC, iOS and Android devices)
  • Asynchronous USB
  • Dual Burr Brown PCM1792 DACs with support for up to 24bit/192kHz
  • Beautiful circular display
  • Controllable using the supplied RF remote control or downloadable iOS and Android apps
  • Wall mountable (optional)

There are lots more full size photos here. All of the photos were taken by us and show the actual item offered for sale. Please contact us with any questions or to arrange a demonstration. We are happy to provide as much help and advice on setup and installation as you need. We can even preconfigure it to your specification prior to shipping. Trade-in considered.