Phantom abominations

[patekswiss]

These reactions and comparisons are all over the board - better than my Quads, Goldmund, Magico, not better than my Altec Lansing. I don't know what to think. They sure look like a great product that for most of us high end nuts, could replace a whole system.

I think you hit the nail on the head. They're good enough to appeal to audiophiles, and yet so compact! In  my living room, each Phantom fits into a little niche in the sideboard and that's it! Everything else is out of sight. Try doing that with an audiophile system of comparable sound quality. PS Audio would have a stack of metal boxes in  your living room. I have my office where I'm happy to have all kinds of obtrusive audiophile gear, and I do! But in the communal space the Phantoms provide big sound with a tiny footprint. I just sit down on the couch with my laptop or phone and I'm good to go.

I think part of the problem is the hype that Devialet uses, it gets attention and some of it is the wrong kind.