Devialet's newest technology...?

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I think many of us have been hooked by the hype, I can't wait for some decent reviews or a proper audition myself. Will be May before the dealers have them, so best to forget about for a while and enjoy our "expert" systems?

The "hype" is surely down to J B Stanton, the U.S. Advertising and Marketing agency who were appointed by Devialet in January 2014. This organisation is responsible for " brand building, marketing and PR" for Devialet. Such an appointment reflects Devialet's significant aspirations in markets worldwide and may well have been on the instigation of their financial backers. I am hoping that the original team responsible for the technical innovation and forward thinking can stay together. The developments of this company so far have really shaken up the HiFi world, which had become almost stagnant in terms of ideas in recent years! I cannot wait to hear the Phantom but until then I will continue to enjoy my D200.

IMO the hype and sensationalisation of the web site started happening following a large cash injection from an investor from the luxury goods market. I can only assume that this method of marketing works when selling luxury items with a famous brand name and 3000% markup...

I feared they may be trying to appeal to brand junkies when I got 2 shirts with Devialet written on them with my D-Premier updates.

I am used to being paid to wear brand names on my clothes and wouldn't dream of advertising their product for free, I'm afraid. Shirts in recycling bin.

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I understand the princles of digital noise reduction and it could applied here. But what there is also some 300Hz signal even not in phase to the other signal. That correction of the first signal would distort the second one. One other problem is a time delay between primary signal and secondary distortion. Of course one can model that but eventually it would lead to infite complexity. I am courious to listen to one of these Phantoms!

It seems you may not understand the maths.