Just saw the following article from Dr AIX dissing Devialet's Phantom. Mostly about its over the top claims and overuse of techno acronyms. On top of that, in his typical subjective and abusive manner, he is basically writing off Devialets as nothing more than Bose or B&O, built for rich audio fools with more cash than brains.
http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=5456
While I do agree that Devialet's marketing geniuses are at times insulting our intelligence with their hyperbole, being a user of their expert line I think the marketing people are doing their products a disservice.
And I think Dr AIX is mixing Benchmark's AHD with Devialet's ADH?
Someone in the know care enough may want to clarify that with the good doctor.
He can get a bit over zealous in calling everyone phony.
I totally agree with the bloke in the first few comments.
I've got some of Mark Waldrep's recordings. They are very good, but nothing to write home about.
How anybody can slag off a piece of equipment that they have never heard is a bit hard to swallow, though.
(25-Apr-2016, 12:21)Pim van Vliet Wrote: [ -> ]I totally agree with the bloke in the first few comments.
Ha ha! Me too.
I also own a few AIX recordings, I find them too forward sounding. Can't get used to the sound. The music was also nothing special.
But I know they are all quite highly regarded.
Did you also note his observations on a Nordost Cable demo at Axpona....essentially accused them of wholesale commercial fraud and deceit by altering the volume and playing alternate tracks of the same song to show the superiority of their more pricey products.
This taken from an email:
Late on Saturday afternoon, a young man came into my room and reported on the power cord demo that he had experienced in the Nordost in room 450 of the Westin Hotel. What he described was disturbing. He told me that he sat in the front of the room while the presenter swapped out progressively more expensive 6-foot power cables. The cost of the cables ranged from $1.98 to $6000!! And the sound of the system was improved with each new cable...or at least the amplitude coming out of the speakers got louder each time a more expensive cable was hooked up. From his perspective, he told me he saw the presenter turning up the volume when the cables were switched. Sounds like the trick that the producers of the Home Electronics by D-Tronics pulled with the AudioQuest HDMI cables YT video several months ago.
As you can probably gather, he is somewhat of a cable sceptic.
(27-Apr-2016, 12:46)Axel Wrote: [ -> ]This taken from an email:
Late on Saturday afternoon, a young man came into my room and reported on the power cord demo that he had experienced in the Nordost in room 450 of the Westin Hotel. What he described was disturbing. He told me that he sat in the front of the room while the presenter swapped out progressively more expensive 6-foot power cables. The cost of the cables ranged from $1.98 to $6000!! And the sound of the system was improved with each new cable...or at least the amplitude coming out of the speakers got louder each time a more expensive cable was hooked up. From his perspective, he told me he saw the presenter turning up the volume when the cables were switched. Sounds like the trick that the producers of the Home Electronics by D-Tronics pulled with the AudioQuest HDMI cables YT video several months ago.
As you can probably gather, he is somewhat of a cable sceptic.
Be interested in how this plays out, the lawyers are involved now.
This Mark is an 'idiot'. Writing about Phantoms without even hearing them. A lot of nonsence.
Maybe Devialet should do the same. 