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Context: I have a pair of original Phantom I Silver’s (105db). Unfortunately one of them was damaged during a move this summer and needed to be completely repaired. Total repair was going to cost $1300 to fix the damaged speaker and update the exterior of the second one so that they would match aesthetically. I took some time to save some money for the repair but Devialet now says they can no longer have the parts necessary to repair my speaker. Because I had already talked to them about replacing the damaged speaker they’re instead offering me the option of replacing both of my speakers with either the current Phantom I 103db ($3000 fix) or the Phantom I 108 ($4000 fix).
So my questions are as follows:
1) What other options might I have?
2) Has there been any significant improvements / upgrades to the modern Phantoms?
3) If I do decide to replace both, is it worth the extra 500$ per speaker to get the 108db over the 103db?
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(26-Mar-2026, 18:14)BlakeJames Wrote: Context: I have a pair of original Phantom I Silver’s (105db). Unfortunately one of them was damaged during a move this summer and needed to be completely repaired. Total repair was going to cost $1300 to fix the damaged speaker and update the exterior of the second one so that they would match aesthetically. I took some time to save some money for the repair but Devialet now says they can no longer have the parts necessary to repair my speaker. Because I had already talked to them about replacing the damaged speaker they’re instead offering me the option of replacing both of my speakers with either the current Phantom I 103db ($3000 fix) or the Phantom I 108 ($4000 fix).
So my questions are as follows:
1) What other options might I have?
2) Has there been any significant improvements / upgrades to the modern Phantoms?
3) If I do decide to replace both, is it worth the extra 500$ per speaker to get the 108db over the 103db?
I had one just break down/going dead. Got more or less the same offer - I chose to upgrade to golds/108s. I paid about SEK 40 000 for the pair. Very well worth in my opinion.
6 silvers (105 dB), 4 golds (108 dB) and 4 whites (103 dB)
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I still have silvers that are working and the one thing I noticed is that the other phantoms are not as bass forward as the silvers... so be prepared to have a more balanced sound if you upgrade.
6 x Phantom Gold, 3 x Phantom Silver, 2 x Phantom Classic, 9 x Phantom Reactor 900, Symetrix Radius AEC-2, 2 x JBL Synthesis SDP-55, Dante
