New firmware 8.1.3

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After Devialet have my ATC SCM 40 speakers SAMed I was so excited to try for the first time this feature.
Looking at the curves (http://fr.devialet.com/enceintes/atc/atc-scm-40) to my surprise I noticed that in comparison to a lot of other speakers that had already been SAMed,my speakers
sound pressure diagrams were almost identical or didn't correct much.I don't know if that means that my speakers are that good or SAM doesn't offer too much for my speakers.
Let's go to SQ now:
I agree more than 100% with what aisip Wrote:
"The series 8 FWs (all of them) sound clinical and hifi-ish in comparison".
Every firmware after 7.x.x that I tried including 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 with my speakers SAMed do not compete firmwares 7.x.x without the SAM feature in my speakers.
As I wrote in a previous post sound is hifi not hiend which also aisip wrote which absolutely explain the fact for the review here:
http://devialetchat.com/showthread.php?tid=1583
http://www.opus51.fr/les-tests/item/655-...00-le-test
The poor guy tested our beloved Devialet with 8.0.0 firmware... and the comment by Frederic says it all:
""Attention le firmware 8.0.0 était moins bon que la dernière évolution du 7.
Le firmware 8.1.2 corrige les défauts que vous évoquiez" - traduction le firmware 8.0.0 était mauvais, le 8.1.2 est un peu moins mauvais ?
Je suis très sceptique... Cela me semble être une belle excuse pour affirmer que le produit n'est jamais testé comme il se doit... Devialet tient plus de l'informatique que de la Haute Fidélité, je me vois mal être client de cette marque et vérifier tous les deux jours si le concepteur a décidé de sortir une énième mise à jour, c'est pire que Microsoft et son Windows. Sachant qu'à chaque mise à jour le produit sera différent, quid de mon choix de départ affectué après de belles ou moins belles écoutes chez mon revendeur préféré ?
Une seule option, pour les "bobos", achetez Devialet les yeux et oreilles fermés, de toutes les manières la musicalité des produits de cette marque est très insuffisante et ce n'est pas un firmware non vérifié et non contrôlé qui va changer quelque chose... Attendez le firmware 12.2.1 avant de vous faire une opinion..."

and by using Google translate:
""Beware the 8.0.0 firmware was not as good as the latest evolution of 7.
Firmware 8.1.2 corrects the defects that you mentioned "- the translation was bad firmware 8.0.0, 8.1.2 is the slightly less bad?

I am very skeptical ... That sounds like a good excuse to say that the product was never tested as it should ... Devialet takes over the computer as High Fidelity, I see myself malaise customer that mark and check every two days if the designer has decided to release yet another update, this is worse than Microsoft and Windows. Knowing that each update the product will be different, what about my original choice after affectué beautiful or less beautiful plays at my favorite retailer?
One option for the "bobos", Devialet buy eyes and ears closed, in every way the musicality of products of this brand is very inadequate and it is not an unchecked and uncontrolled firmware that will change anything ... Wait 12.2.1 firmware before you have an opinion ..."

So let us hope and wait for 12.2.1 firmware...

This explains some things at least for my speakers
I sent an email yesterday to Devialet support:
Dear Sir,
I see that recently you have added SAM feature for my speakers and I thank you for this.
By observing the sound pressure diagrams (http://fr.devialet.com/enceintes/atc/atc-scm-40) I notice that the diagrams are almost identical.When I observe sound pressure diagrams of other manufacturer speakers with SAM in the list I notice big difference between sound diagrams without SAM (before) and with SAM (after).Just out of curiosity what does that mean?
Are my speakers that good or the benefit of SAM to them is negligible?
Kind Regards

and the answer today:
Devialet Support (Devialet)
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your message.
We reached out for Maxime, our SAM engineer who toured in Asia last month with his SAM LAB, and did the SAM profile for the ATC SCM 40.
He clearly remembered the ATC SCM40 and he stated that it is an impressive loudspeaker.
The performance were already good without SAM, and with SAM it became one of his personal favourite.
However, please note that while the sound pressure curves can give an idea about loudspeaker performance,
it is not an absolute criterion on which one can compare one loudspeaker to the other.
Best regards