New firmware 8.1.3

[hahe]

Did do a longer listening session yesterday evening / today night and in course of that comparing 8.1.2, 8.1.3 Beta and 8.13
To me the main audible difference to me seems to be related to the "fixing" of SAM (which Devialet is stating in their release notes)

Not sure what the "issue correction for some SAM profiles" exactly is doing but in my setup with B&W 800 Diamond and SAM 100% they do loose more and more bass foundation in the order 8.1.2 - 8.1.3 Beta - 8.1.3. By the same token the sound stage / overall sound seems to get less direct / sharp and somewhat - to my ears - more relaxed by that although with some mid / high emphasis due to less bass (although the bass itself seems to be crisper and cleaner with 8.1.3).

When listening without SAM for me there is very little difference between 8.1.2 - 8.1.3 Beta - 8.1.3 as well as the difference between SAM ON and OFF is much smaller with FW 8.1.3

Not yet sure what is the best mixture for me (as I have been very happy with 8.1.2 and somewhat got used to this sound)
Might revert back to 8.1.2 as currently somewhat getting tired of continuous SD Card / FW version changes... (as positive as I do see them in course of feature / SQ improvements ;-)