#devore fidelity

Hi Everyone,

For anyone that has been in the shop over the last couple of years will know that I have become a bit of a fan of DeVORE FIDELITY Speakers and I am delighted to say that we now have the new O/Bronze speakers on demo in the stunning American Walnut finish meaning that we now have every speaker DeVORE Fidelity produce on demo, everything from the Micr/O all the way up to the incredible O/Reference's.

DeVORE Fidelity are now one of our top speaker brands with so many people loving their big open soundstage and natural presentation, I know it is a cliche but they really do bring the artist into the room so when I saw that DeVORE had a new and improved version of their multi award winning O/96 speaker I placed my order for a demo pair straight away. Now I must be honest I absolutely love the O/96's and I was very sceptical how much of an improvement the O/Bronze could bring to the party as obviously they look the same with just the Bronze trim round the drivers and the ports at the rear but how wrong was I, these really take everything we like about the O/96's to the next level, they may look very similar but John DeVORE really has worked his magic again.

For the demo setup I used the Trafomatic Rhapsody 300B integrated amp along with the new dCS Lina X Dac/Streamer with Atlas Arran cables, for me this is a really well balanced system to go with the O/Bronzes that admittedly isn't cheap but certainly isn't crazy money compared to what can be spent in HiFi and it creates a pretty special audio experience in my view.

Firstly they share the tweeter from the O/Reference's so straight away you get a much sweeter top end, thanks also to the new 10" paper cone woofer and cast Bronze chassis from the O/References there is no doubt to me that there is a touch more warmth in the mid but it is the bass weight and depth that I just can't get over, the bass is quite different from the O/96's, it is so tight, fast and powerful, it keeps catching me out, it really is damn addictive, without trying to sound like too much of a fan boy I would go as far to say that the O/Bronze is the perfect speaker, I have to say that I am quite excited to get the Wilson Sabrina V on demo to compare against these, I know that they are very different speakers but they are both around that £30k mark so I can see this being a really popular demo going forward.

So basically the O/Bronze is a O/96 taken to the next level and improved in every single area, not by a huge amount but enough to make them a very special speaker indeed. When we unboxed them last Saturday I stayed at work till pretty late as I just couldn't stop trying different tracks, I just couldn't pull myself away and they really did excel at every genre of music I threw at them, from Buddy Holly to Rammstein, these really are a speaker that can play anything exceptionally well.

So as you can tell I am a bit of a fan and I can see quite a few O/96 customers upgrading to Bronzes's going forward as the improvements are there to be heard quite clearly, obviously the O/96's are still an incredible speaker but it is brilliant that DeVORE now offer a speaker that helps fill the gap up to the O/Reference, for me the O/Bronze is basically a 2 box version of the O/Reference's for £90,000 cheaper, now that really can't be bad news, I am actually putting together a 2nd system at home and now I have heard the O/Bronzes nothing else will do, luckily Wendy loves them too.

So I'll shut now but if you would like to come in for a demo anytime please feel free, I have had them running for 2 weeks now everyday and they are now really starting to open up.

Please find a link below to the DeVORE Fidelity range of speakers below and a few pictures -

All the best,

Regards,

Hi Everyone,

Firstly I'd like to thank everyone who sent in an e-mail last week thanking us for our DeVore event the previous weekend, so much positive feedback, really was great to hear that so many people had a great time.

Obviously a lot of our events success, well most of it to be honest, was thanks to John DeVore coming over from Brooklyn to hold 6 presentations over 2 days, what a star he was, great being able to spend some time with him, such a top bloke.

So for those who couldn't make the event please find a video below that Ady shot of John's first presentation on the Friday, I sat in on the last one on the Saturday and it really is a fantastic watch.

Enjoy and thanks again to everyone that came and to John for making it such a memorable event.

Regards,

Hi Everyone,

This was just a quick blog to say a huge thanks to everyone that came to our DeVore Fidelity event and helped make it one our best yet, I'm a little sad it is over to be honest as it is one I'd been looking forward too for some time but it certainly didn't disappoint.

I'd like to thank John also for coming over from Brooklyn, how good were his presentations, everyone had nothing but praise for him, a top bloke who said he had a great time and it was even better than he could have ever imagined so that is all thanks to the great support everyone showed for the event.

I just wanted to share our thanks and a few photo's, please see below, one of our customers asked John if he would kindly sign his Micr/0's which got us thinking about him signing our O/Reference's which he kindly agreed to making them even more special 👌

Thanks again everyone, that was a really great one.

Cheers,

Paul and Team HFL.

Hi Everyone,

So this is a big one, as many of you will know DeVORE Fidelity speakers have been a bit of a revelation for me and a lot of our customers and in a reasonably short space have time have become one of our top speaker brands, which bearing in mind a lot of people have never heard of the DeVore is saying something but as soon as most people hear them they fall under their spell, me included.

When Wendy and I went to visit John DeVore in Brooklyn last September, link to blog below, we discussed with him the possibility of him coming over to hold an event at the shop so I am really excited to announce that this has been arranged for October the 3rd and 4th, so not long to wait, now I have a feeling this is going to be an extremely popular event so we have decided to hold it over 2 days so as many people can get to meet John as possible and to sit in on one of his presentations.

Presentation Details

We will be running 3 DeVore Fidelity systems throughout the shop, upstairs we will be running the Orangutan O/93's, in the first downstairs demo room the awesome O/Bronze's and in the next room John will be running the stunning O/References and in this room he will be holding 3 presentations a day, may as well make him work if he is coming all that way.

RSVP Please!

We are planning on getting 20 people in each sessions so 120 people over the 2 days, I can see this filling up pretty quick so if you would like to come along can you please e-mail me on the below address with your preferred day and time, thanks.

Session times for Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th.

10.30

12.30

2.30

E-mail RSVP please to - [email protected]

Video

As a bit of fun I shot this video the other day to see if my phone could capture the difference between the O/Bronze and O/Reference's, obviously it couldn't but still shows the 2 rooms in action and what we were trying to achieve.

Johns YouTube Channel

Finally John DeVore has a great YouTube channel, if you haven't visited it before please find a link below -

As normal we will have people here to help run the day with refreshment available throughout, once you have seens John Presentation obviously feel free to stay and listen to the other 2 rooms and have a chat, please find a link to DeVore Fidelity speakers on our website below -

So there we go, personally I can't wait for this one, look forward to seeing everyone over the 2 days which promise to be very special and memorable.

All the best,

Regards,

Paul, Wendy, Billy, Michael and Ady.

Hi All,

This really is a bit of fun as we had basically 2 systems setup in 2 very similar rooms of the same brands but at very different price points, so thought it would be fun to walk between the rooms with my phone to one show the different systems and to see if the differences can be heard on a phone but the main reason for doing it was to show that we have these setups available for demo so if you would like to come in to compare yourself please feel free.

System 1 (around £70k)

So this system comprises of the new DeVORE Fidelity O/Bronze speakers, dCS Lina DAC X and Trafomatic Rhapsody Integrated which we have tube rolled and put in the Western Electric 300B valves which made a significant difference, we also added a REL S/510 subwoofer to make it a fairer comparison as the subs in the Reference system are amazing, finally all cabled up with Atlas Arran cables.

The idea with this system was to create a smaller version, and considerably cheaper version, of our Statement DeVORE Reference system, which I'd say we have done pretty well as this system really does give a taste of what the big system can do.

Bearing in mind this comes in at around £70k against the Reference systems £700k+ I'd say that is a demo worth trying to see what the extra does in fact get you.

System 2 (around £700k+)

So I put this system together a few months ago to create what is for me is one of the best, if not the best, system money can buy, needless to say you can spend a lot more on HiFi and it is a very personal thing obviously but the response we have had to people that have taken up my invitation to come in and spend a few hours enjoying it has been amazing with a lot of people saying it is the best they have ever heard so you can't really ask for more than that.

So what do we have here, so to start with we have the amazing DeVORE Fidelity 4 box O/Reference speakers, driven by the equally stunning Trafomatic ElySium Mono Power Amps and Tara Preamp all being fed by the best digital source in the world, the dCS Audio Varese and all hooked up with Transparent Audio cables, so not too shabby a system if I do say myself.

Anyway, please feel free to watch the video below but if you would like to do this demo yourself please feel free to get in touch to arrange a time to come in.

Many thanks,

Hi Everyone,

It was a big day last Friday as we finally got to unpack and setup our new 4 box DeVore Fidelity O/Reference speakers as part of our new Highend Room setup which basically meant spinning the room round so we now run our sources and preamp at the rear of the room to give centre stage to the speakers and amps, this is something I have wanted to do for a while so it is a great job done, there is still plenty of work to do sorting out all the cabling and I really need to get a turntable in the system asap but even straight out the box it is all sounding so good that I just wanted to share some pictures on the system.

For anyone who knows me they will know that I have become a big fan of DeVore Fidelity's range of speakers so I took the plunge at the beginning of last year to order a pair of their Reference speakers, these are priced around £120,000 so it was certainly a big decision, then began the journey of putting a system together to really show them off which I feel we have really achieved with some of the best equipment on sale in the world today and I have to say even straight out the box it is sounding incredible.

It's no lie that on first listening it actually bought me to tears, really wasn't expecting that and I wasn't thinking about how much it all cost, honest, it was due to the pure emotion this system can convey, it is totally engaging and lifelike, it just makes you want to listen to all your favourite music again as it is like you are hearing it for the 1st time, it really is everything I was hoping it would be, and more to be honest, now I just want anyone who loves music to come in for a listen anytime as the room will be setup like it is now for many years to come to be enjoyed by all our customers, it's going to be a struggle to home in the evenings to be honest.

Please find a list of the system we have put together -

DeVore Fidelity O/Reference Speakers

dCS Audio Varese Streaming DAC

Trafomatic Audio Elysium Mono Amps and Tara 30A Preamp

Antipodes Oladra Server / Player.

Please find a video below of the system that I just shot, hopefully it has audio but I feel there maybe some copyright issues with the music playing, if there is no sound just sing your favourite song -

Also please find a selection of pictures below -

As I mentioned above please feel free to come in for a listen anytime, I know you won't be disappointed.

Right, time for another listen.

All the best,

Regards,

Hi all,

So Wendy and I are just back from a 2 week trip to the States to see Bruce Springsteen play on the beach in his adopted hometown ‘Asbury Park’ then we flew out to Tennessee for our first Nascar race but in-between those 2 amazing experiences we had 1 spare day and I couldn’t think of anything better to do than drive over to Brooklyn to visit DeVore Fidelity so I sent John DeVore a quick mail to see if he was around and he was more than happy to accommodate us, to say I was a little excited to visit him was an understatement as his speakers really have been a bit of a revelation to me over the last couple of years.

We actually hired a bit of a tank whilst in Asbury as there was a few of us to shuttle around so driving that into Brooklyn and its busy roads was a bit daunting but Wendy was behind the wheel so we had nothing to worry about, most of the time.

DeVore Fidelity is based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard which dates back to the 1800’s and was used to build America’s fleet of fighting ships for over 150 years, it is certainly a pretty cool place to be located.

As you can imagine this is a pretty big place but security pointed us in the right direction, we took the elevator up to the 5th floor and then wandered around the corridors until we found unit 510 where DeVore Fidelity are located where we were welcomed by John and his gorgeous cat Roxy.

DeVore have recently expanded and now seem to have plenty of space although I am sure this will all get filled up pretty quickly as they continue to be ever popular, John showed us round where you really do get to appreciate just how special these speakers really are where you see them being hand assembled by the DeVore team, there really are no production lines here, every pair of speakers are lovingly hand assembled then tested before heading to their new homes.

We were then taken next door to meet Anthony who’s business, Box Furniture Co., manufactures the stunning cabinets for DeVore Fidelity, John told us that he and Anthony partnered up many years ago when he was unhappy with his previous supplier, Anthony was a DeVore customer and a woodworker so it seemed like the perfect opportunity and they have worked closely ever since, when you see the quality of the cabinets, especially the front baffles on the O/96’s and above you can really appreciate Anthony’s work, he really is an important part of DeVore’s success.

We were joined by Roxy, We only listened to vinyl which was 100% fine by me, John started by choosing a Mono recording, I really should have taken more notice what he was playing but I was so excited I totally forgot, but the realism in the vocal was incredible, totally captivating, then we moved over to a stereo pressing where things really opened up and the sense of scale was like nothing I had heard before.

Then I asked John if he had any Radiohead vinyl, silly question as he had everything they had ever released on vinyl, I was keen to try something we knew well and Wendy’s favourite track ‘How To Disappear Completely’ really is great track that can fall flat or come alive on different systems, I let Wendy take the hot seat for this as she knows it better than me, she looked totally lost in the presentation and at the end confidently said it was the best she had ever heard it.

With the O/Ref’s you get that realism and scale that people who are familiar with the O/96’s love so much but even more so and with the powered bass boxes you really do get the full picture of any recording as obviously they go really low which underpins the mids and highs beautifully, I can honestly say I have never heard such a natural and engrossing presentation, the size of the image was ridiculous, it really is one of those systems that makes you want to revisit all your favourite music as It will be like you really are hearing it for the first time.

We listened to a few bits more but couldn’t stay too long as we had to get back to pack for a flight early the next day but what a great visit, John was really lovely and accommodating with his time and it just made me even more excited for when we get our O/Reference’s in HFL, I am planning on putting together a very special system built around these, once here and run in John will be coming over for a DeVore Fidelity open day so watch this space as that will be a very popular open day.

So we said our goodbyes and headed back to Asbury Park so happy that we took the opportunity to visit John and his team whilst out in the States.

Thanks John, keep up the great work and look forward to welcoming you to HiFi Lounge in the near future.

Cheers,

Hi All,

 I'm very Excited to say that we now have our demo DeVore Fidelity Gibbon X Speakers on permanent display in the HFL showrooms.

 I’ve been looking forward to listening to these for what seems like forever and I can honestly say they really have been worth the wait.

 They are beautifully built, gorgeous cabinetry I have to say and sound amazing, another winner from DeVore Fidelity, no surprise there eh, can’t wait to demo them to our customers. 

 Just waiting on our O/References to arrive in a couple of months and we will then have the full DeVore Fidelity range on permanent demo .

 DeVore have been extremely popular with our customers, rightly so as they are very special, so if you would like to come in for a listen anytime please feel free to get in touch to book an appointment.

 Please find a link to the full DeVore Fidelity range below as a few pictures of our new Gibbon X Speakers.

 All the best,

Paul.