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Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - Caspase - 18-Sep-2018 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 RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - daibaron - 18-Sep-2018 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. RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - Jean-Marie - 18-Sep-2018 (18-Sep-2018, 10:30)Caspase Wrote: Hi everyone Stereo will always be more satisfying than mono. Therefore, unless you have an opportunity to buy a second gold shortly after the first one, I would favor the two elevates over a single gold any time. Jean-Marie RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - Caspase - 19-Sep-2018 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. RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - YZftw - 05-Oct-2018 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... RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - pscampbe - 09-Oct-2018 (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. 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. RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - hydr - 09-Oct-2018 I own three gold and 3 elevate. Choice is super simple, go with two Elevates. RE: Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate - Rudolph - 11-Oct-2018 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) |