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09-Mar-2019, 22:06
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I can't imagine you can ever beat stereo
In truth I only heard a Phantom Gold once and I can't completely remember the difference to a reactor. With a similar budget to yours I went with 2 Phantom Reactors as I couldn't stretch to 2 Golds.
Stereo is king.
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(09-Mar-2019, 23:51)Ryu79 Wrote: (09-Mar-2019, 22:06)RMK Wrote: I can't imagine you can ever beat stereo
In truth I only heard a Phantom Gold once and I can't completely remember the difference to a reactor. With a similar budget to yours I went with 2 Phantom Reactors as I couldn't stretch to 2 Golds.
Stereo is king.
Did they release stereo functionality for reactors?
Nope. So the question really is one gold mono or two reactors mono and sit around and wait for the upgrade.
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(09-Mar-2019, 18:30)Tigrou78 Wrote: A single phantom gold without stereo or 2 reactor 900 ?
If a pair of Golds feels a bit too much (in the long perspective) I'd go for a single White Phantom now and add another White as soon as you can afford. You'll save a good chunk of money and the result with a pair of Whites will be much more satisfying than two Reactors.
EDIT: Seems Devialet has renamed this model. Phantoms are now Phantom Premier and White is now called Classic Phantom. The price difference for a pair of Classic vs two Gold is around 2000 Euro...
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It's not difficult to plug 2 reactors into an audio interface to get stereo via analogue if you want to try it.
That's what I do for now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEk9TvGqCek&t=72s
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(10-Mar-2019, 16:37)Chris_Devialet Wrote: Why do you feel that two whites are better than two reactor 900W?
Would be interesting to hear your thoughts as I am thinking about getting two reactors. Maybe I should switch to two whites?
Hi,
my mini report here
https://devialetchat.com/Thread-Any-in-d...9#pid82799 sums up what I know and think about this.
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