16-Nov-2016, 23:55
(16-Nov-2016, 23:09)Confused Wrote: I have to say that if I was in Devialet's management team, I would have these lovely new masters produced as 24bit FLAC files, or maybe even DSD, and send a free copy to all Phantom and Expert owners. This would be a kind of Christmas present and also as an apology for bugs in Spark, issues with AIR, the Od'A debacle, and so on. It baffles me why this is a vinyl release, mindful that Devialet products are pretty much optimised for PCM Digital music.
Exactly. I mean optimise them for SAM or launch a new cutting edge DSP to go with them or something.
I read their website gumpf. Three 'play once only' records? What madness. The spin (no pun intended) has truly outdone itself this time. And as usual there's a store button which doesn't have anything ready to buy, just a mailing list subscription.
Maybe it's Devialets entrance into some sort of as yet to be released mastering tech, but it just comes across as a bit odd and a bit of a waste of resources. Time to stop following Devialet announcements I think.
>>> 1st Place Award: Devialet, last decades most disappointing technology purchase. <<<