Firmware 8.1.2 released

[MusicFirst]

Well spent time listening to 7.1.3 and SAM 1 last night as well as 8.1.2 with a custom SAM 2 configuration for my Jamo R909s direct from Devialet support.

Bottom line 7.1.3 still has better soundstage depth and much more musical midrange.  8.1.2 with the custom SAM 2 config had bass to die for.  I can believe the SAMMed Jamo response curves which show response down to 16 hz and TIGHT, theres no doubt they don't get down to 16hz due to the room, but everything from around 40hz down was awesome.  However, for my taste, the midrance/top end of 8.1.2 was a little more forward, less relaxed and less presence.  As a consequence the soundstage was much more forward. More digital for want of a better term.

If I could have the midrange/top end from 7.1.3 with the bass response of corrected SAM 2.  I would never leave the house!  

Do you know if the custom SAM 2 profile was produced with SAM lab?

It came directly from Devialet Support, so I suspect it was generated in-house with their normal methodology.

A reasonable assumption, however, the reason I ask is that at the OAC Phantom event last week, I was talking to Devialet's Matheau Pernod regarding my SAM 2 issues and one thing he suggested was that I get a new profile for the KEF Blades when SAM Lab is in the UK.  Now I may be putting 2 + 2 together and making 5, but it looks to me as if there are some issues with the original SAM profiles and SAM 2, much as Rufus is considering above.  As SAM 2 is designed to work with SAM Lab, this would therefore mitigate these issues.  So maybe it is just possible the SAM profile you like is made using SAM Lab?  Or maybe they have a new and improved way of producing SAM profiles in house?  Either way, there is something going on here!

I guess it's possible, but I can't picture them hauling out a Jamo R909 (assuming they have one on hand) to re-measure with SAM Lab for li'l ol' me, when they have all the in house measuring equipment?  But in any case, the bottom octave improvement was scary good!