Firmware 8.1.2 released

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For this reason I have a suggestion, which has been made by other chat forum members, that two or three different kinds of firmware updates be released at the same time. All of them should have the features of 8.0 firmware but the sound quality in them should be different. I and some members feel that a new firmware update should be released which has the sound quality of 7.1.3 but the features of 8.0.
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As if the changes (if they exist and are attributed to the right root cause by us 'the customers') in sound quality are intentional...Sorry to say it this direct but these suggestions make no sense at all. I'm not saying changes don't exist and that Devialet should not also listen to their product or product updates but to suggest to offer multiple releases: it's crazy. It would suggest you are thinking that Devialet has, or knows about, some dials to turn. My personal opinion: please let Devialet be and stay the technology company that they are now and at most add a critical listeners panel to the company that can internally discuss any unwanted or unintentional changes in sound quality or character and research the mechanisms behind them to advance things forward. The day Devialet starts being a company like "here's three versions, you decide which one you like best" I'm out.

I also don't think it is necessary or desirable to speak for more people than just yourself. If you'd like to add extra weight to any suggestions you or others made/or agreed with in this forum I myself would add links to the original discussion(s) here.

I agree with Antoine.  I have used products with designers whom I trust, such as Alan shaw of Harbeth, Daniel Weiss of Weiss, Sean Adams of Slimdevices.  All of the above have enough confidence that whatever they release are the best that can be accomplished.  And the last thing they would agree on is there are some vodoo magic lost in the previous versions, unless there are some obvious bugs which they would promptly fix.  All the above three designers would laugh at all the tweaks floating around in the forum, because they "know best", at least about their own products.

I would expect Devialet to have the same degree of confidence in their own products.

And so far my sense is Devialet one of the more open in listening to their customer, support of DoP being an indication of them listening to the market.  

I am very grateful of all the free features added with no charges to the endusers.  The only products I have used with that kind of support without greed is dCS, whose products cost substantially more.

Also Fuji has been releasing very significant improvements in their firmware updates of the Fuji X line digital cameras,
substantially improving them, and making them almost as capable as newly released models.

(Not so with Sony, who do not do major updates of the firmware, and keep such changes for their new models.)