Devialet Chat

Quince Jelly, Green Melon, Saddle sniff, Acid and Salted Caramel... Put that in a blender and see what it tastes like. I bet it doesn't taste anything like the wine described.

(24-Jul-2016, 06:01)tategoi Wrote: [ -> ]By the way is it necessary to re-configure the settings after update? I didn't do it.

If you want to get the 1000W yes.

My take on the new firmware is that bass is tighter but subjectively has lost a little body.
There seems to be more space between voices and instruments but everything sounds thinner.
I may just need some familiarization but atm i don't particularly like the change in tone.

Now it could well be due to other factors as i am also messing around with Roon settings and Air settings.

My wife didn't make any comments as to how it sounded different when we had some John Martyn on this morning, but she commented that it did.

(24-Jul-2016, 08:37)Saunter Wrote: [ -> ]My take on the new firmware is that bass is tighter but subjectively has lost a little body.
There seems to be more space between voices and instruments but everything sounds thinner.
I may just need some familiarization but atm i don't particularly like the change in tone.

Now it could well be due to other factors as i am also messing around with Roon settings and Air settings.

My wife didn't make any comments as to how it sounded different when we had some John Martyn on this morning, but she commented that it did.

Still travelling so have to be a bit patient before trying the new firmware. reports that sq especially at low volumes have improved is very encouraging. with my horns even at the 30 watt setting sq at low volume was not that good

Updated to FW 10.0.2 last night and my 1st impressions after a 1-hr short audition is that the LF is now much tighter & controlled with better PRAT that also addresses the entire bass & mid-bass. This allows superior start-stop-start of the music ... thus the overall clarity improves. 

Similarly - the upper treble also appeared to be more extended .. that on my speakers benefited to portray better 3-dimensionality along with wider & deeper sound-staging .. scale also improves .. 

Its still very new and need to listen more to fully understand its overall effect ... 

All-in-all, its a likeable improvement so far ...  but am having a bit of an issue with Devialet AIR 3.0 beta & Ethernet on Audirvana that was otherwise all good prior to the FW update.

Loaded the new firmware and for some or other reason the Devialet keeps on dropping the wifi signal.
I think I was quite fortunate that Air over wifi was reasonably stable before streaming from both Audirvana and Roon.

Same here, AIR 3 beta was working flawlessly over WiFi with FW 9.0.1 for weeks. Just upgraded to FW 10.0.2 and I can't play more than 7-8 seconds before everything craps out. Need to dig out that raspberry pi...

How does one get a copy of old v. 9 firmware?
Is there a link that I may download the version 9?
Does anyone have a copy that I may duplicate?

Thanks!

David

(24-Jul-2016, 15:09)Giddy707 Wrote: [ -> ]How does one get a copy of old v. 9 firmware?
Is there a link that I may download the version 9?
Does anyone have a copy that I may duplicate?

Thanks!

David

I have a copy of that, PM me your email and I will send it to you.

Just upgraded the firmware, had to reload my config, but it sounds marvellous! can't pinpoint why, it may be expectation bias, but who cares, I am extremely happy.