What are the criteria of SAM implementation

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Collected my C60's yesterday, Thursday, from the Paris showroom and what an interesting 10 minutes we had. The place was full of suits listening to the new Phantom and very impressive it sounded too. What I heard was a pair playing in stereo and the overall sound was very impressive, the bottom end was outstanding especially when you see the size of each unit coupled with excellent detail, John Lewis customers will love it!
Been listening to my SAMed speakers today and indeed what I have spent on two journeys to Paris has with out a doubt been worth it. Well done Devialet. I trust anyone who is running Act and Act1 will benefit if they have Tactic drivers. Any contributions gratefully recieved.
Cheers and a wink,
Bill.

Hi Bill,

Great to hear that the C60s are benefiting from the SAM treatment - I did hear from Devialet that the ACT1s were up for "SAMing" during the first quarter of 2015! I did offer to loan them mine, but have heard nothing further - it may be that the work on yours may help with the process, although your C60s have a different driver configuration, with the added "super tweeter" and additional bracing, which may make some difference.

The bass of the ACT range, although not the deepest, is already well integrated into the overall sound structure, so your views and observations on what differences SAM has made would be very welcome.


David

Hi David,
Yes, I do agree the Act's do roll off a bit early, about 38hz or so but I think they were designed to integrate with the Torus which I really fancy. With regards to the SAM treatment the bass does go deeper and it is much cleaner and tighter, this helps the mid range quite appreciably. The real seal of approval came from swmbo who instantly said "oh, that sounds better all your driving has been worth it". With out a doubt a very worthwhile upgrade.
Cheers,
Bill