10-Apr-2022, 20:17
Here are details on the location of the Dione soundbar:
I am in a rectangular room 5 meters long by 3 meters wide with a ceiling height of 2.4 meters.
The soundbar is installed across the width and is located below my 65 inch Samsung 8k TV bought in 2018 and which is hung on the wall, the soundbar is 1 meter from the floor and 15 centimeters away from the wall back.
On the left side of the soundbar I have a door opening 80 centimeters wide by 2 meters high which leads to another room of the same dimensions as the first, there is no longer a door there .
For the walls, it's half plywood and a smooth wall, for the ceiling it's more like a smooth false ceiling that resonates slightly if I knock on it, it resonates a little.
It's hard to explain, because it's an old house, the materials we used before are not the same as now, however I know that the room is quite neutral from an acoustic point of view, I have a excellent sound with my two Devialet 103 DB speakers which are located on either side of the TV, my two Focal speakers are in the same place.
I have always been looking for the best sound, for headphone listening I have a TEAC UD-501 DAC accompanied by the TEAC HA-501 headphone amp, I use Senheiser HD 800 headphones for listening.
Another headphone amp is connected to my DAC, it's a STAX SRM-323A electrostatic headphone amp, accompanied by its STAX SR-303 electrostatic headphones.
I am no longer very young, I am 63 years old, however I have always kept a musical ear despite my age, I organized parties in the 80s, I still perceive approximately 35 hertz to 8000 hertz using a sound generator to speakers at a moderate volume, I did this quickly little by little so as not to damage the ears, because continuous high-pitched sounds are dangerous.
I use Amazon music, I tested the sound bar which surprised me with its sound quality while playing music.
For this I first used Amazon music with a setting in the settings for normal HD/Ultra HD playback and then I activated Dolby Atmos/360 Reality Audio in playback, I deactivated the audio normalization which slightly distorts the sound for me.
The sound is diffused by Bluetooth, because by AirPlay I do not have the possibility of choosing between the mode cinema and voice, in AirPlay the diffusion is only in music mode.
Audio quality in normal HD/Ultra HD mode:
Music mode on sound bar, the voice well centered, more bass.
Voice mode on sound bar, a little less bass, voice still well centered, but better musical balance, for me the best choice, because everything is well detailed, you don't miss the slightest sound, left and right stereo impeccable, however, I would have liked a little more bass.
Spacial mode on Dione, more spatial, but slight shift of the voices to the right, we also lose some detail of the music, but the sound is still surprising, works well with certain pieces of music, I would also like to point out that slight lag is certainly due to the location of my soundbar as well as the configuration of the listening room.
Now with Dolby Atmos/360 Reality audio enabled:
Music mode with more balanced bass.
Voice mode, as above, the best for me and I found the bass that was missing, it's surprising the broadcast quality for a soundbar.
Spacial mode now I love, wider stage, the voice is less shifted to the right.
The music broadcast in HD or Ultra HD is superb, but when you broadcast music that is in Dolby Atmos in voice or spatial mode it's sublime, in spatial mode there is more depth, I love it makes me think about the sound of my speakers minus the clarity.
On the other hand, the music broadcast in 360, the sound bar is not made for that, at least to broadcast music, the sound is very wide, but not balanced, sorry for my English which is not good, I hope you understand what i write.
For now I'm continuing the tests, it's being run in for the moment, I'll let you know later about the qualities and flaws of this sound bar, but so far it doesn't disappoint me, I'm also waiting for Devialet to do updates, I'll explain that later.
I am in a rectangular room 5 meters long by 3 meters wide with a ceiling height of 2.4 meters.
The soundbar is installed across the width and is located below my 65 inch Samsung 8k TV bought in 2018 and which is hung on the wall, the soundbar is 1 meter from the floor and 15 centimeters away from the wall back.
On the left side of the soundbar I have a door opening 80 centimeters wide by 2 meters high which leads to another room of the same dimensions as the first, there is no longer a door there .
For the walls, it's half plywood and a smooth wall, for the ceiling it's more like a smooth false ceiling that resonates slightly if I knock on it, it resonates a little.
It's hard to explain, because it's an old house, the materials we used before are not the same as now, however I know that the room is quite neutral from an acoustic point of view, I have a excellent sound with my two Devialet 103 DB speakers which are located on either side of the TV, my two Focal speakers are in the same place.
I have always been looking for the best sound, for headphone listening I have a TEAC UD-501 DAC accompanied by the TEAC HA-501 headphone amp, I use Senheiser HD 800 headphones for listening.
Another headphone amp is connected to my DAC, it's a STAX SRM-323A electrostatic headphone amp, accompanied by its STAX SR-303 electrostatic headphones.
I am no longer very young, I am 63 years old, however I have always kept a musical ear despite my age, I organized parties in the 80s, I still perceive approximately 35 hertz to 8000 hertz using a sound generator to speakers at a moderate volume, I did this quickly little by little so as not to damage the ears, because continuous high-pitched sounds are dangerous.
I use Amazon music, I tested the sound bar which surprised me with its sound quality while playing music.
For this I first used Amazon music with a setting in the settings for normal HD/Ultra HD playback and then I activated Dolby Atmos/360 Reality Audio in playback, I deactivated the audio normalization which slightly distorts the sound for me.
The sound is diffused by Bluetooth, because by AirPlay I do not have the possibility of choosing between the mode cinema and voice, in AirPlay the diffusion is only in music mode.
Audio quality in normal HD/Ultra HD mode:
Music mode on sound bar, the voice well centered, more bass.
Voice mode on sound bar, a little less bass, voice still well centered, but better musical balance, for me the best choice, because everything is well detailed, you don't miss the slightest sound, left and right stereo impeccable, however, I would have liked a little more bass.
Spacial mode on Dione, more spatial, but slight shift of the voices to the right, we also lose some detail of the music, but the sound is still surprising, works well with certain pieces of music, I would also like to point out that slight lag is certainly due to the location of my soundbar as well as the configuration of the listening room.
Now with Dolby Atmos/360 Reality audio enabled:
Music mode with more balanced bass.
Voice mode, as above, the best for me and I found the bass that was missing, it's surprising the broadcast quality for a soundbar.
Spacial mode now I love, wider stage, the voice is less shifted to the right.
The music broadcast in HD or Ultra HD is superb, but when you broadcast music that is in Dolby Atmos in voice or spatial mode it's sublime, in spatial mode there is more depth, I love it makes me think about the sound of my speakers minus the clarity.
On the other hand, the music broadcast in 360, the sound bar is not made for that, at least to broadcast music, the sound is very wide, but not balanced, sorry for my English which is not good, I hope you understand what i write.
For now I'm continuing the tests, it's being run in for the moment, I'll let you know later about the qualities and flaws of this sound bar, but so far it doesn't disappoint me, I'm also waiting for Devialet to do updates, I'll explain that later.
