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Phantom Era Communication with devialet - Mka - 16-Feb-2015
I today canceled my order for a pair for devialet silver phantoms and a dialogue which were supposed to be shipped today. Now the devialet support has to request a management opinion when it will be shipped in february.
This all reminds me in the original Windows Vista story .....
I am really a long term supporter for Devialet und I am still happy with my D800 combo, but the over exaggerating phantom campaign with a non finished product with changing specifiaction is something I will not longer support.
With me they already started to ruin the brand name significantly.
RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - f1eng - 16-Feb-2015
(16-Feb-2015, 10:38)Mka Wrote: I today canceled my order for a pair for devialet silver phantoms and a dialogue which were supposed to be shipped today. Now the devialet support has to request a management opinion when it will be shipped in february.
This all reminds me in the original Windows Vista story .....
I am really a long term supporter for Devialet und I am still happy with my D800 combo, but the over exaggerating phantom campaign with a non finished product with changing specifiaction is something I will not longer support.
With me they already started to ruin the brand name significantly.
I agree with you about the reputation. IMO they started being overloaded quite some time ago. The best most stable Devialet I have had was a pair of D-Premiers. I wish I could remember the issue number of the firmware then. It has been worse ever since then, in one way or another.
I have an order for Silver Phantoms and Dialog too. The last date I received was delivery "after 16th February". I don't know if this is a side effect of the translation from French, but next Christmas is after the 16th February. I am hoping for news on mine some time this week.
RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - ogs - 16-Feb-2015
(16-Feb-2015, 17:16)f1eng Wrote: The best most stable Devialet I have had was a pair of D-Premiers. I wish I could remember the issue number of the firmware then. It has been worse ever since then, in one way or another.Maybe it was the 5.7.3 firmware? I liked this very much with my D-Premier. None of the 6.x sounded good to me. Too much treble emphasis. 7.1.1 is quite good on the 250, but still a bit on the bright side of neutral for my taste. I do not think 5.7.3 is compatible with the new hardware, but it is still available for download at the web site of Devialet as the only one from the 'old' series
RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - f1eng - 16-Feb-2015
(16-Feb-2015, 19:08)ogs Wrote:(16-Feb-2015, 17:16)f1eng Wrote: The best most stable Devialet I have had was a pair of D-Premiers. I wish I could remember the issue number of the firmware then. It has been worse ever since then, in one way or another.Maybe it was the 5.7.3 firmware? I liked this very much with my D-Premier. None of the 6.x sounded good to me. Too much treble emphasis. 7.1.1 is quite good on the 250, but still a bit on the bright side of neutral for my taste. I do not think 5.7.3 is compatible with the new hardware, but it is still available for download at the web site of Devialet as the only one from the 'old' series
It probably was 5.7.3.
I regret updating from D-Premier to 800 since it was a poor value for money update. The only thing "better" in the latest firmware is the amp runs a touch cooler, if that really is better.
Devialet have definitely not improved in any way effecting me for at about 18 months, it seems.
The stereo image of my system is not as well defined as it was back then. Even my relatively inexpensive Job Pre2/225 is better than the latest Devialet firmware in this respect though not as good as the D-Premiers were, or my Goldmund Mimesis 22/29.4s.
RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - ogs - 16-Feb-2015
(16-Feb-2015, 19:38)f1eng Wrote: It probably was 5.7.3.
I regret updating from D-Premier to 800 since it was a poor value for money update. The only thing "better" in the latest firmware is the amp runs a touch cooler, if that really is better.
Devialet have definitely not improved in any way effecting me for at about 18 months, it seems.
The stereo image of my system is not as well defined as it was back then. Even my relatively inexpensive Job Pre2/225 is better than the latest Devialet firmware in this respect though not as good as the D-Premiers were, or my Goldmund Mimesis 22/29.4s.
Oh that is sad to hear. I've noticed you mention this before, but I assumed you got it sorted. It took almost 6 moths for my 250 to settle after the upgrade. Let us hope the next firmware is more like the 5.7.3 then.
RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - ZincAlloy - 17-Feb-2015
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RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - amabrok - 19-Feb-2015
Well i am still hopeful that Devialet will release a firmware version 8.x around Munich Show that will fix all issues we are suffering from one way or another.
i believe this is the least Devialet should do to its loyal "Expert" customer base
RE: Phantom Era Communication with devialet - f1eng - 19-Feb-2015
(19-Feb-2015, 18:47)amabrok Wrote: Well i am still hopeful that Devialet will release a firmware version 8.x around Munich Show that will fix all issues we are suffering from one way or another.
i believe this is the least Devialet should do to its loyal "Expert" customer base
You are quite right. They should. Will they? If Spark is not bug free (Android Spark has had an update already) I am not convinced the eventual availability of the first Phantoms will free up much software resource.