Phantom vote!

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I may buy 5 for home theatre and if they work well with CD and LP by some means, and sound good enough, they could replace my existing kit.
The biggest limitation will perhaps be sound level/dynamics. Even the 3000W one has a max output of 105dB at 1 meter.
I get 109dB at one meter from my horns with one watt. And I have got 800

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Thought
I own a D400, say a couple PHANTOM will be better than my current D400 includes 18K$ speakers.
The upgrade to 400 I did two weeks ago ..
Do I threw my money?
Is Devialet continue to develop for the previous products?
What does it say about us as consumers ?

Anyway I vote Yes .. In case 2 PHANTOM units will preform better then my current setup I will sell my equipment .
But How will buy it ?

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I think we should all reserve judgment on this until there have been some proper reviews on Phantom, or better still, an opportunity to actually audition in person. It is fun to speculate though. For what it’s worth, my view on your point above is that a D400, with $18K speakers, which have presumably been selected to suit your own subtle preferences, will be substantially better than two Phantoms. The flash reviews on the Phantom have been very positive so far, I am fairly sure the Phantom is excellent for what it is, but most of the comments are along the lines of “incredible bass for such a small device”, or similar. Time will tell, but I firmly believe that most of us will be hanging on to our existing kit, rather than selling out to buy phantoms. I guess it’s very easy to get caught up in all the recent Phantom hype and lose perspective a bit?

I totally agree. I would be absolutely amazed if a pair of phantoms could sound better than a well optimised D120/200/250/400/800 setup. The bass may be amazing for a speaker of that size but that doesn't mean that its tonal quality and texture will even come close to that of a decent pair of standmounts or floorstanders.

I'm sure it will sound very good though and I'm certainly looking forward to giving it a listen in due course. If it can get more people into Devialet ownership then that's surely a good thing since these people will then naturally aspire to own other models in the range. Not to mention all the positive externalities which were will all benefit from, principally better software and control points (UPnP etc).

Guillaume

I tend to agree that the bass may be impressive for the size, rather than in an absolute sense but if the main coax unit is top quality it should be better than any conventional units in a conventionally shaped enclosure. IMHO