Devialet's newest technology...?

[GuillaumeB]

The first paragraph re a new D'agostino product here(http://www.enjoythemusic.com/CES_2015/pr.../page3.htm ) more or less sums up for me where Devialet should be taking the 'Expert' range.
I have no problems with the Phantom etc and if it earns them money to plough into R&D etc then that is great but don't really understand why they shouldn't have a roadmap that delivers for existing Dnnn owners!

The MLife integrated amplifier from D'Agostino certainly looks like a very interesting product. On the networking/connectivity/streaming options it ticks all the boxes: UPnP, Airplay, Tidal streaming online radio services, Bluetooth and all the digital inputs you could ask for... I can't find any details regarding the DAC however but I'm sure it will be good.

It will cost more than twice the price of a D800 though and regarding sound quality it might not improve massively (if at all) on the D800. But it does show you where things are heading!

Surely the next version of the D120/200/250/400/800 will feature native wireless support for Dialog and Spark, which if I've understood correctly will bring all this connectivity to the Devialets. Until then we'll need to connect our Devialets to a Dialog box by USB, but the Dialog will always be needed to "pull" all these different services to the Devialet.

But it does seem quite clear to me that Dialog and Spark are Devialet's answer to increased network and streaming connectivity enjoyed by much of the competition. We have to hope that the Dialog/Expert line integration maintains the highest levels of SQ we have become accustomed to with AIR, and hopefully without any of the downsides!

Guillaume