09-Jan-2020, 20:21
(09-Jan-2020, 18:11)rogmay Wrote: I did other testing in this area: My left M37***4U06 ; Unplugged - plug ; 16.4 w ; wake-up (sound) 24w ; return to 16.4 w and stay there with no source selected.
My right M30***4U10; Unplugged - plug ; 0 w; wake-up (sound) rise from 0-5.8 w to 24w and after seconds (no source selected goes back to 5.8W !
Is that normal for both Gold Phantom speakers (16.4w vs 5.8w) this kind of discrepancy between the two speakers? my last Beolab 9 (B&O) active speakers (700W) had only 0.5 W of standby electric power consumption !
It mean to me that Devialet do not force them to a real standby mode when no music connected to them because 5.8w and 16.4w is very too high to be a energy standby figure number !
Thanks
Hi @rogmay
Glad to hear things are moving in the right direction for you. I'm afraid I can't comment on the "double resets" as I no longer have a Toslink source I can test my Phantoms with.
Regarding your observations on power consumption I can unfortunately confirm that they are quite normal. The Phantoms are "wake on network", "always on" devices. In order to be remote-wakeable over ethernet, wifi and PLC they need to be in a "higher state of consciousness" than real power save hibernation will allow. I completely agree that Devialet must try to do more here. Having "standby" devices consuming >15W constantly is not acceptable in this day and age. Greta would not approve and nor should we.
The asymmetry is also quite normal. The L speaker is the "master" and the R the "slave". So all stereo audio is sent to the L, which processes, splits the stereo signal and sends the R channel on to its partner. If you check the traffic on your router (Wifi or tEhernet) you will see that the volume of data downloaded on the L is roughly twice that of the R, and that the L uploads a similar amount of data to that downloaded by the R, while the R uploads nothing. Processing and the associated power consumption roughly follow this pattern, the L is simply doing the "heavy lifting". When you're actually playing music it is of course the power consumed driving the speakers (which is volume-dependent) which dominates.
Nevertheless, delighted things are looking up. Keep the faith!
