22-May-2020, 01:48
(This post was last modified: 22-May-2020, 23:46 by David A.
Edit Reason: Correction
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A bit of history. markush posts a comment that Devialet are testing a beta FW release that is supposed to fix the RAAT bug. A while later Saint0 (Edited- correction, see post #43) posts that he’s testing the beta and it fixes the RAAT bug. Wait a bit more and bernardi posts that we can expect something shortly and soon after that sam1000 tells us to be patient and mentions room correction which hasn’t been mentioned by anyone prior to now in this recent chain of posts.
Note that Devialet is a company that has regularly promised to improve its communication with owners but so far has failed to do so. They have said virtually nothing about firmware for the Expert Pro series for over 15 months now since the last firmware release, they have failed to deliver fixes for several known bugs, and they still have one promised feature of the Expert Pro series yet to be delivered,
It’s obvious that they don’t want to tell owners anything officially yet 3 different members here have posted info received from Devialet, each bit telling us a little bit more in a way that adds up to a really nice tease about what’s coming. If Devialet didn’t want us to get this info they wouldn’t have dropped hints to some individuals. I don’t think the 3 members who posted comments here are deliberately doing what Devialet asked them to do but I do know that if you want to keep something confidential you don’t tell anyone about it and tell them it’s “in confidence” because if you do that sooner or later someone will say something and the story will come out.
Now if Devialet didn’t want anything to come out, they would have told their staff to stop saying things after markush’s original post. It seems they didn’t because there have been 3 more posts since then and each of them added another detail to the picture. I’m sure other people have been told as well, and may have posted something somewhere else, and I’m sure that some people have been told and kept what they were told in confidence.
I think Devialet is deliberately leaking info they do not want to commit to publicly. I don’t know why they’re doing that but we’re seeing more “hints” dropped in a short time than I can remember and each hint builds on the earlier ones and. because of that it’s hard to not see this as a deliberate strategy.
I think it’s a dishonest strategy. If Devialet wants owners to know something then they should make a public statement by email or on their own website, not leak a bit to someone and then another bit to someone else a little later, and keep doing that without committing themselves to anything definite. This is definitely not the way for them to improve their communication in my view.
In my opinion anyone who gets told something by Devialet that should be general knowledge amongst all owners should stop playing Devialet’s game. If the info is supposed to be in confidence then keep it confidential and don’t drop hints. Don’t do Devialet’s work for them. If they want everyone to know, make them do the work and release the info publicly. If they’re providing staggered leaks like it looks like they are, then whatever they’re giving you “in confidence” is something they want you to leak and why should you be the person to spread the info and open yourself up to accusations that you leaked confidential info.
Note that Devialet is a company that has regularly promised to improve its communication with owners but so far has failed to do so. They have said virtually nothing about firmware for the Expert Pro series for over 15 months now since the last firmware release, they have failed to deliver fixes for several known bugs, and they still have one promised feature of the Expert Pro series yet to be delivered,
It’s obvious that they don’t want to tell owners anything officially yet 3 different members here have posted info received from Devialet, each bit telling us a little bit more in a way that adds up to a really nice tease about what’s coming. If Devialet didn’t want us to get this info they wouldn’t have dropped hints to some individuals. I don’t think the 3 members who posted comments here are deliberately doing what Devialet asked them to do but I do know that if you want to keep something confidential you don’t tell anyone about it and tell them it’s “in confidence” because if you do that sooner or later someone will say something and the story will come out.
Now if Devialet didn’t want anything to come out, they would have told their staff to stop saying things after markush’s original post. It seems they didn’t because there have been 3 more posts since then and each of them added another detail to the picture. I’m sure other people have been told as well, and may have posted something somewhere else, and I’m sure that some people have been told and kept what they were told in confidence.
I think Devialet is deliberately leaking info they do not want to commit to publicly. I don’t know why they’re doing that but we’re seeing more “hints” dropped in a short time than I can remember and each hint builds on the earlier ones and. because of that it’s hard to not see this as a deliberate strategy.
I think it’s a dishonest strategy. If Devialet wants owners to know something then they should make a public statement by email or on their own website, not leak a bit to someone and then another bit to someone else a little later, and keep doing that without committing themselves to anything definite. This is definitely not the way for them to improve their communication in my view.
In my opinion anyone who gets told something by Devialet that should be general knowledge amongst all owners should stop playing Devialet’s game. If the info is supposed to be in confidence then keep it confidential and don’t drop hints. Don’t do Devialet’s work for them. If they want everyone to know, make them do the work and release the info publicly. If they’re providing staggered leaks like it looks like they are, then whatever they’re giving you “in confidence” is something they want you to leak and why should you be the person to spread the info and open yourself up to accusations that you leaked confidential info.
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