30-May-2015, 19:19
I own a Devialet since last week-end and I immediately upgraded to 8.0 without listening to the installed F/W. As soon as I started using SAM for my speakers (BW 683 S2) I realised there was something terribly wrong when playing bass-heavy tracks even at low volumes (-25dB): as soon as the bass notes would kick in, the overall volume started decreasing ! Sounded like an automatic gain control, or a protection mechanism to limit the amount of bass. I couldn't believe it... With all the good things I've read (and the nice demos I've heard) this couldn't be possible ! Then I realised I should try with an older firmware, wo I went back to 7.1.3 and now, wow, the bass are definitely there ! I reported the problem to Devialet, who confirmed it's a problem with the new firmware... I suppose it only affects my speaker model :-(