13-Jun-2015, 01:23
(13-Jun-2015, 00:12)Hifi_swlon Wrote:HA! You should have tried out a PS Audio Dac with their bridge.. Each version of firmware was different and each version of the Bridge Firmware was different.. Talk about frustration(12-Jun-2015, 20:48)GuillaumeB Wrote: "...Of course in the future, we hope to do the same with firmware 8."
Guillaume
Perhaps I'm on a bit of a Devialet downer this week, but I really find the way they work pretty slapdash. I would have thought that by the time they reached firmware v8, they'd be experienced enough and have an r&d pipeline robust enough to at least make each major new firmware at the same SQ level or better than the previous. It wouldn't be hard - just keep testing/tweaking/fixing until it sounds right.
They are obviously very clever and pioneering, but they just don't seem to have much of a clue in terms of in-house testing and QA. I picture a scene of chaos inside 'the lab'. Rush, rush, rush.
If my unit wasn't about to wing it's way back I'd probably try 8.1, but I'm not holding out much hope in any case. Hopefully we'll be on 8.1.1_new_postcafe_mod_tweak by the time it comes back.