Devialet's newest technology...?

[NickB]

Accessible from your smartphone, tablet or computer, DIALOG is compatible with all Devialet products*.


* equipped with a USB input, to begin with.
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I actually find this a little disappointing. I think it would be excellent if the new Dialog device would work with AIR / Ethernet, thus ensuring good sound quality, even from a relatively low cost device. I know some people have obtained some good results from USB, so time will tell as to what Dialog is like sound quality wise.

Why it only says USB only TO BEGIN WITH so they obviously mean to add the rest later. ???????????

I really don't understand the continual negativity on this forum, you have one of arguably the best sounding Audio systems about but continually carp about stuff which on any other system you would not have anyway.

Nick

This wasn't actually intended to be super negative! But to be honest, I am genuinely disappointed that there is no mention of the AIR interface. AIR is supposed to be Devialet’s flagship method for computer audio / amplifier interface with respect to sound quality, I guess for a while I have been thinking that if there was some kind of “non-computer” type streaming device that could utilise AIR then that would be superb. If we are to infer that the “to begin with” means AIR implementation will follow, why don’t they say so? Maybe the USB interface is optimised to achieve AIR levels of sound quality, if so, again, why not just a few word with respect to sound quality? That’s all I ask.

Oh dear…. Responding to this appears to be making me sound more negative.

To be clear I am actually a super happy Devialet owner. Apologies for any offence caused. I’ll try to keep comments positive from now on!

Hi

Sorry my over reaction as well I am super happy with my Devialet - so much so that I bought the extra 200 for a 400 and as I am in the IT business I know that intermittent faults are the worst to fix. Therefore I kind of tend to give them more leeway.

I think that possibly this may be the answer (Dialog) to all the "problems" with the Devialet as it may allow is to use it as a bridge to many different digital inputs, I do hope so anyway.

Once again sorry for jumping in so quickly.

Nick