08-Mar-2016, 19:57
Took delivery of two white Phantoms and Dialog last week and have spent days messing about with them. Had trouble with the Dialog's optical input so changed to a Phantom input with my Auralic Aries.
I was totally underwhelmed with the sound, it was weak and dropping out constantly so I bought an Apple AirPort Extreme to set up another network but that caused problems and I couldn't get it to work correctly.
My initial plan was to run the 2 Phantoms wirelessly but after all this carry on I decided to use a Gigabit switch and connect into my existing network via a home plug. I then connected the Dialog, 2 Phantoms and the Auralic to the switch and bingo! Sound is full bodied, dynamic and no drop outs.
I don't know if anyone is getting good results wirelessly but for me the wired solution is the answer. I am a bit disappointed as I wanted the flexibility of wireless, I can only hope that things improve with the next firmware update. In the meantime though, they do sound damn good!
I was totally underwhelmed with the sound, it was weak and dropping out constantly so I bought an Apple AirPort Extreme to set up another network but that caused problems and I couldn't get it to work correctly.
My initial plan was to run the 2 Phantoms wirelessly but after all this carry on I decided to use a Gigabit switch and connect into my existing network via a home plug. I then connected the Dialog, 2 Phantoms and the Auralic to the switch and bingo! Sound is full bodied, dynamic and no drop outs.
I don't know if anyone is getting good results wirelessly but for me the wired solution is the answer. I am a bit disappointed as I wanted the flexibility of wireless, I can only hope that things improve with the next firmware update. In the meantime though, they do sound damn good!
[size=x-small]Phantom Golds, Yamaha WXC 50
