27-Jun-2021, 15:48
(26-Jun-2021, 22:22)franm Wrote: If you download the new DOS 2 firmware, both Spark and your Dialog will be obsolete. The new Devialet App will replace Spark. The Dialog won't be needed because your speakers will now be paired for a stereo through the Devialet App and the new firmware, and you won't need the Dialog for your Golds (yes, now Phantoms). If you have other equipment running off the Dialog - TV, CD player, whatever - you'll need to connect those directly from one of the speakers, or through WiFi, or keep the Dialog after DOS 2. Make sure your speakers can handle DOS 2 before you begin. With this said, I ran into some issues after DOS 2 playing Hi Res/MQA, but I believe I was in the minority. I've since added Roon a few days ago, and my issues have so far cleared up.
Many thanks - much appreciated. My concern is as follows - one of the benefits I saw of using the Dialog was that the Tidal lossless data feed came thru on Ethernet.
If I switch to DOS2 and the Devialet App, am I right in my understanding that data transmission will be via Bluetooth and the reduced data transmission capability means that lossless will not be truly lossless?
Is there a way to continue to use Ethernet-level data connectivity or does DOS2 mean losing "true" lossless music capability? That would seem to defeat the whole purpose of getting Gold Phantoms in the first place!
