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I was just pleased to see the Expert Pro product in the questionnaire. I will get excited if it actually generates something useful. Not holding my breadth, but sure would be nice to learn that the Expert Pro is not just a legacy product.
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Maybe spreading the link to the questionnaire is helpful.
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I wish that if they were going to prioritise other things, that they'd open up the CI aspect to allow third parties or hobbyist devs to use it. Even a REST API to enable switching sources, changing volume, etc programmatically would be nice. I'll also continue to (not) hold my breath for native Airplay 2, and an ability to remove unneeded sources (Spotify, etc).
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Yes enabling / disabling inputs as well as further settings via a web frontend should be standard nowadays.
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in my opinion the web frontend is not so important and for some not even useful. I have stopped using the CI board, the Ethernet-port and Wifi is disabled. A web frontend would not work under these conditions anyway. I'm also not changing the configuration frequently.
Fixing bugs and improving the CI SQ would be of a much higher importance for me. But I must also say that my current setup is working perfectly and I'm not limited by any of the bugs I have discovered so far.
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(21-Mar-2023, 20:59)markush Wrote: I am absolutely with you on SQ as the most important area.
And there are a number of vendors which are releasing firmware updates to improve their FPGA / DAC performance yielding exactly better SQ like https://www.vinshineaudio.com/denafrips-...are-update
Over the years there are far more advanced compiler settings etc so there are improvements available for the Devialet developers within hours to achieve!
That is what makes me so sad to see such „low hanging fruits“ not used
Ehh, Devialet doesn’t use an FPGA for DA conversion…
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Well that example I just came across that day, some kind of a „symbol“ for what a software / firmware update is capable of. Better let’s keep it precisely on Devialet, in the past there have been updates that noticeable changed the performance output & sound quality.
It’s just a matter of keeping to do it at Devialet.
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And still the product is ‘out of stock’ on Devialet site, which it has been for some months now.
I asked my local dealer last week if product has been retired who said Devialet was having manufacturing issues, but not supply chain/ componentry shortages as I was expecting, but rather to do with the product packaging marking the chrome casing in transit.
Make of that what you will. I can’t help but feeling someone is playing us for fools here.
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