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18-Sep-2018, 10:30
(This post was last modified: 18-Sep-2018, 11:09 by Caspase.)
Hi everyone
So I recently had a chance to audition a stereo system of gold and elevate. Unfortunately the store would not let me test speakers in mono.
My budget is around 3.5K euro which leaves room for 2 elevate and a dialog or 1 gold and a dialog. What would you consider to be the best value for money? I did notice better upper end on the stereo golds but the mono thing puts me off.
I also don't think I would be willing to buy the 2nd gold soon enough (the misses might kill me)
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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18-Sep-2018, 17:11
(This post was last modified: 18-Sep-2018, 17:14 by daibaron.)
the sound coming from a single Phantom gold is not good at all.
You should consider buying a pair.
Since Devialet Phantom software are poorly maintained by the support team, i would advise you to try other brands.
So much issues make this device not worth its value.
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I have read through múltipla threads. Seems some people have connection issues. I think I might just buy the 2 elevates and then test if there is an issue or not in my house.
Thank you for your advice. Will report back with feedback for future information.
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I would go with single gold, that way you have option to upgrade in the future, instead of trying to sell an old pair of phantoms...
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(19-Sep-2018, 18:55)Caspase Wrote: I have read through múltipla threads. Seems some people have connection issues. I think I might just buy the 2 elevates and then test if there is an issue or not in my house.
Thank you for your advice. Will report back with feedback for future information.
I think that they still have the 45 day trial option so I would try the two elevates and then see how they go. Not having stereo negates the improvement of the gold. The higher upper end and better DAC improve stereo imaging - but not much imaging with only one. Myself, I bought two silvers on the trial, then after that handed them back and bought two golds :-). The missus was not that happy, but she has grown to love them too now. Yeh the software is a bit crap, but put them on a decent network and Spark is solid (if quirky and annoying to deal with). Many hours of great listening - got Stereo!!!! for sure.
Kit: 2 x Devialet Phantom Gold’s plus 3 year Phantom care packs, White tree stands, Dialog, Phantom Remote. Use jRiver, Spark, Roon with a HiFiBerry RAAT using a fibre output.
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I own three gold and 3 elevate. Choice is super simple, go with two Elevates.
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You don't need Dialog with a single Phantom.
I have one Gold and l like it. It's playing 10 hours a day. (Had a Silver before)