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As the phantoms are torally inert from what I can make out - I would have thought the only benefit to a stand is to make sure the drivers are suitably far away from the floor / wall / corner?
Are your accoustastands ontop of some other traditional speaker stand? Or just sat on a desk / flat surface?
If the latter it’s inrerestinf to hear raising them by such a small amount could make any difference...
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My speakers is close to the rear wall about 25cm and the speaker facing to the center of the living room but with a little tilt rto the right so again about 25cm from the wall
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When I visited Oxford Audio this time last year for the Devialet session (this years session is tomorrow by the way), I was told there is no point trying hi res files into the Phantoms. The DAC in the Phantoms cannot resolve hi res. It would take a complete re design to do do. Therefore the best rate possible is CD quality that Tidal hifi quality can deliver.
It was helpful advice because I was thinking of trying Qobuz hi res streaming but decided to stay with Tidal.
I think the best resolution possible with Phantoms is to use Tidal etc via Spark App through Dialog. This renders the music locally via Dialog and that is as good as you can get with Phantom/Dialog setup.
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I am in inclined to think there is a misunderstanding somewhere. Per the Devialet’s website: UPnP lets you stream locally-stored content from any networked device (computer, smartphone, tablet, NAS drive) via third-party applications. Simply open any UPnP-compatible app and select a track.
What you get: High-resolution streaming up to 24 bits/192kHz.
Seems there is some reason to seek hi res audio.
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Thanks Streamy, that has jogged my memory too. I agree it was stated more like your recollection.
I didn’t go to Oxford Audio today because nothing has changed in the last year for Phantom users.
What Mathieu states last year though stopped me from trying anything better than CD quality streaming.
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