29-May-2014, 18:07
I was also at Munich and spoke with Thierry.
I cannot see them doing DRC in the near future. They cannot control the end-to-end quality in the way they do with ADH, AIR and SAM.
I'm no expert on microphones or their placements or measuring levels but, if you look at the frequency responses of those which might typically be used, for free or at modest cost, they are not great.
From what I can glean, the iPhone is 45hz to 20khz +5db -5db; and the Behringer ECM8000 (£40) extends this within the same limits to 25hz to 20khz. But if you look at a top quality microphone like the Neumann TLM-170, which is remarkably flat - 30hz to 20khz +1.5db -1.5db - that costs around £2,000.
Given that there is already kit out there which does an ok job, albeit not as elegantly as what we might expect from Devialet, I think the possibility of a Devialet development here is below 50:50.
I cannot see them doing DRC in the near future. They cannot control the end-to-end quality in the way they do with ADH, AIR and SAM.
I'm no expert on microphones or their placements or measuring levels but, if you look at the frequency responses of those which might typically be used, for free or at modest cost, they are not great.
From what I can glean, the iPhone is 45hz to 20khz +5db -5db; and the Behringer ECM8000 (£40) extends this within the same limits to 25hz to 20khz. But if you look at a top quality microphone like the Neumann TLM-170, which is remarkably flat - 30hz to 20khz +1.5db -1.5db - that costs around £2,000.
Given that there is already kit out there which does an ok job, albeit not as elegantly as what we might expect from Devialet, I think the possibility of a Devialet development here is below 50:50.
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