Master of Sound

Devialet has been hailed as the maker of the world’s best sound systems. Marianna Cerini meets co-founder Quentin Sannié to hear—literally—what the hype is all about

Describing the sound out of a set of speakers as “emotional” might seem a little hyperbolic, but mention audio firm Devialet to anyone who’s anyone in the audiophile world and that’s likely to be one of the first adjectives they use. “For good reason,” says Quentin Sannié, co-founder and chief executive of the French company. “Our products aim to trigger the same emotional response people have in front of the world’s greatest paintings. And I think they do.” To demonstrate this, Sannié turns on the music in the “immersive” test room we’re sitting in. City of Stars, the La La Land duet featuring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, comes up. Or, perhaps more aptly, permeates. The sound is so clear—crisp, precise, engrossing—that if I close my eyes it almost feels like…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017

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