Phantom Era Communication with devialet

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The best most stable Devialet I have had was a pair of D-Premiers. I wish I could remember the issue number of the firmware then. It has been worse ever since then, in one way or another.

Maybe it was the 5.7.3 firmware? I liked this very much with my D-Premier. None of the 6.x sounded good to me. Too much treble emphasis. 7.1.1 is quite good on the 250, but still a bit on the bright side of neutral for my taste. I do not think 5.7.3 is compatible with the new hardware, but it is still available for download at the web site of Devialet as the only one from the 'old' series

It probably was 5.7.3.
I regret updating from D-Premier to 800 since it was a poor value for money update. The only thing "better" in the latest firmware is the amp runs a touch cooler, if that really is better.
Devialet have definitely not improved in any way effecting me for at about 18 months, it seems.
The stereo image of my system is not as well defined as it was back then. Even my relatively inexpensive Job Pre2/225 is better than the latest Devialet firmware in this respect though not as good as the D-Premiers were, or my Goldmund Mimesis 22/29.4s.