Poll: Best Looking Stereo Integrated Amp

[watchnerd]

I voted Devialet straight away, perhaps not surprisingly.
The others are just variations on the theme I have been looking at for over 50 years, and retro at that.
And they don't have a rotary volume control on the remote control which, once you have had it, is a make or break IME.
I detest up/down buttons and touch screen controls with a deep and burning hate

The remote has been addictive and makes me want to throw my other remotes against the wall.

On the other hand, it's heavy as heck and lands with impact if you drop it on a tile floor. Mine has chips in the chrome now.

 

[BDWoody]

And they don't have a rotary volume control on the remote control which, once you have had it, is a make or break IME.

I'm with you there. That remote is it's own work of art. It's also heavy enough that the cats aren't as likely to flick it into the floor.

 

[Blumlein 88]

I voted yes.

 

[watchnerd]

I voted yes.

I don't think I have a way to close the poll when it hits 100.

Do your mod super powers let you do that?

 

[Count Arthur]

The remote has been addictive and makes me want to throw my other remotes against the wall.

On the other hand, it's heavy as heck and lands with impact if you drop it on a tile floor. Mine has chips in the chrome now.

Maybe add some "bumpers" to the corners: https://sugru.com/

 

[watchnerd]

Maybe add some "bumpers" to the corners: https://sugru.com/

How do I slap you?

 

[BDWoody]

I don't think I have a way to close the poll when it hits 100.

Do your mod super powers let you do that?

Can you access the choice to limit the days the poll is open? You could kludge it that way.

 

[watchnerd]

Can you access the choice to limit the days the poll is open? You could kludge it that way.

Can't access any choices anymore.

 

[Count Arthur]

How do I slap you?

Given how clumsy you are, you'd probably miss anyway.

 

[watchnerd]

Given how clumsy you are, you'd probably miss anyway.

Fair point.

 

[watchnerd]

We have our final results at 100 votes:

 

[BDWoody]

Can't access any choices anymore.

Timing for poll only goes forward, and 1 hour is shortest interval. Doesn't look like there's an option to simply close it.

 

[Robin L]

We have our final results at 100 votes:

View attachment 100885

Damn---Too Late:

Didn't see any Studer Integrateds, however:

 

[watchnerd]

Timing for poll only goes forward, and 1 hour is shortest interval. Doesn't look like there's an option to simply close it.

Thanks for implementing the countdown.

 

[watchnerd]

Damn---Too Late:
View attachment 100889

HFN review from 1983:

https://www.hifinews.com/content/high-end-amps

"Every input and output may be precisely matched for level and sensitivity, and these pre-programmed settings are stored in a non-volatile (permanent even when switched off) digital memory."

Oh, like the Devialet Expert....but 30 years ago.

 

[Robin L]

HFN review from 1983:

https://www.hifinews.com/content/high-end-amps

"Every input and output may be precisely matched for level and sensitivity, and these pre-programmed settings are stored in a non-volatile (permanent even when switched off) digital memory."

Oh, like the Devialet Expert....but 30 years ago.

And the carpet matches the drapes.

 

[watchnerd]

And the carpet matches the drapes.

Only 1 available for sale in North America, though, and it's in Canada.

And then it would smell like hockey players.

Oodles of them in Europe, on the other hand.

 

[Blumlein 88]

I don't think I have a way to close the poll when it hits 100.

Do your mod super powers let you do that?

I'm not a moderator. You'll have to get @BDWoody or @amirm to do that.

 

[watchnerd]

Don't want to hurt anyones feelings but I just don't get the Devialet, it just looks like a closed laptop, no one would even know its a HiFi product.

That's an apt description, as it's basically a computer.

Everything is defined in software.

It actually doesn't have any standard inputs or outputs. You have to configure them all.

Example: you can convert an RCA analog line input into a digital coax input

I voted Devialet straight away, perhaps not surprisingly.
The others are just variations on the theme I have been looking at for over 50 years, and retro at that.

The lesson seems to be that big VU meters are popular.

 

[watchnerd]

I'm not a moderator. You'll have to get @BDWoody or @amirm to do that.

I don't know why I said that.

That's what I get for logging in at 3 am.

Snow woke me up.