28-Jun-2015, 22:22
(This post was last modified: 28-Jun-2015, 22:23 by stonedragon.)
To 02NZ - sorry if I gave you the impression the faults were in your head. Clearly not. Although I disagree with your impressions of the Phantoms, your review was well written.
As far as my Phantoms are concerned I have not experienced any problems. I have 3 and they have worked flawlessly. A couple of observations. Spark is stable and is now great to use. No cut-outs, start up issues etc. Much better than it was, when it was first released. I would also agree that they do take a bit of running in, a good couple of weeks and things get better from there.
This weekend I swapped out my Playstation for an Xbox One for streaming from Amazon etc. I had a major problem with lip sync, but strangely enough it went away after a couple of reboots. I never had any such issue with the Playstation.
Regarding B&W's I had 803 Diamonds that needed to be driven with a lot of power to make them sing. In contrast these little babies can be played at 1/4 mast (Volume 25) and for most good recordings everything stands out as clear as crystal. I am truly baffled by your assessment, and in my view the hyperbole from Devialet and others is warranted - the technology in the Phantoms and the rest of the product range, for better or worse represent the next evolution in HiFi.
As far as my Phantoms are concerned I have not experienced any problems. I have 3 and they have worked flawlessly. A couple of observations. Spark is stable and is now great to use. No cut-outs, start up issues etc. Much better than it was, when it was first released. I would also agree that they do take a bit of running in, a good couple of weeks and things get better from there.
This weekend I swapped out my Playstation for an Xbox One for streaming from Amazon etc. I had a major problem with lip sync, but strangely enough it went away after a couple of reboots. I never had any such issue with the Playstation.
Regarding B&W's I had 803 Diamonds that needed to be driven with a lot of power to make them sing. In contrast these little babies can be played at 1/4 mast (Volume 25) and for most good recordings everything stands out as clear as crystal. I am truly baffled by your assessment, and in my view the hyperbole from Devialet and others is warranted - the technology in the Phantoms and the rest of the product range, for better or worse represent the next evolution in HiFi.
