07-Nov-2015, 17:29
I must be the most unhappiest guy with the latest 1.4.X up date.
My Phantoms have gone (IMO) from being spectacular to a disappointment. From hero to zero.
Two issues:
Why do I have to turn them up?
One of the things that really impressed me about the Phantoms before this car crash of an update, was that I could listen at low levels and everything was resolved. Now I have to CRANK them up (to about 50-65) to get anything out of them. And that is even with modern bass heavy music. Goodness knows what I'm going to have to dial them up to for classical music? Before this update, I could listen to nearly every genre of music between 30-40. Now at those volumes, I can hardly hear anything.
My music server doesn't work anymore
I was streaming from my Meridian Soolos Core 15 using an ipad app. I had an optical going from an adaptor provided by Meridian that plugged into the Phantom and a RJ45 that plugged into my switch. Used to work a treat. Now that is broken.
As my system stands, I wish I had my B&W's back. The whole sound to me is now just mediocre. In fact I can't stand it now. If I heard it now, there is no way that I would have sold up everything to buy these.
My saving grace maybe that a spare Dialog I have, has the old firmware and will work with speakers. I don't know if a mis-match can like that can work, but I'll give it a go.
Just so you know, I was on 1.3.X which for me was a huge improvement on the first iteration and insanely better than what I have now
Now, where is my eBay account..I might just have a listing to go up
My Phantoms have gone (IMO) from being spectacular to a disappointment. From hero to zero.
Two issues:
Why do I have to turn them up?
One of the things that really impressed me about the Phantoms before this car crash of an update, was that I could listen at low levels and everything was resolved. Now I have to CRANK them up (to about 50-65) to get anything out of them. And that is even with modern bass heavy music. Goodness knows what I'm going to have to dial them up to for classical music? Before this update, I could listen to nearly every genre of music between 30-40. Now at those volumes, I can hardly hear anything.
My music server doesn't work anymore
I was streaming from my Meridian Soolos Core 15 using an ipad app. I had an optical going from an adaptor provided by Meridian that plugged into the Phantom and a RJ45 that plugged into my switch. Used to work a treat. Now that is broken.
As my system stands, I wish I had my B&W's back. The whole sound to me is now just mediocre. In fact I can't stand it now. If I heard it now, there is no way that I would have sold up everything to buy these.
My saving grace maybe that a spare Dialog I have, has the old firmware and will work with speakers. I don't know if a mis-match can like that can work, but I'll give it a go.
Just so you know, I was on 1.3.X which for me was a huge improvement on the first iteration and insanely better than what I have now
Now, where is my eBay account..I might just have a listing to go up
