New beta firmware 7.1.3 released

[ogs]

I am noticing that SAM has a lesser effect on my Sasha 2s with this new beta. Or rather toggling between the two the difference seems less pronounced. Could it be that the bass now has a little less weight, with both SAM on and off? I'm not sure. On some material I notice that there is more tonal texture in the lower registers (i.e. more information), but on other material (primarily electronic) the bass seems less defined, softer even? But even then it seems to vary from recording to recording. I am beginning to see why we might be getting different interpretations. I think the bass has changed.

Overall I still think that 7.1.3 is the most musical I have heard from my Devialet. 

It will be interesting to see if this is in fact part (or all!) of the new 8.0 release. 

Oh - I'm using an AES/EBU input from an external streamer.

Guillaume

I've tried the other two streamers I have, a SB Touch and MPD with upmpd. My setup is 250 set at 180w output, USB input with the UpTone Regen, JRiver DLNA server or LMS with the Touch. I can understand why some users find 7.1.3 harsh in the treble and a bit lean. There is a lot of dynamic energy with 7.1.3. Maybe more treble too. But in my system all this translates to a more musical presentation. I do not hear harsh treble, just a lot of detail. When I use Jplay/Jplaystreamer it sounds even better. It is very musical.

My speakers do not approach the Sasha 2 quality in the bass and my room has a nasty 48Hz resonance (with DLNA I tame this with the parametric EQ in JRiver) so I can not be certain about this, but I agree with Guillaume that SAM is less pronounced than with 7.1.1. There may also be less bottom end weight in general, but on some albums there is just as much bass as before!

Maybe the Regen is the difference here? I have not tried without it. There can also be differences between inputs as others have suggested. I wish I could try a Totaldac reclocker on AES/EBU. I can connect the Touch SPDIF to the AES/EBU input via a Neutrik 75/110 converter. This works very well, but the Touch is not good enough to be a reference for a comparison like this.
We will just have to wait for 8.0 to find out what Devialet wants us to hear..