Phantoms and home cinema

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I'd like to beg Devialet to implement a mode where each Phantom can take a full Optical signal and extract one allocated sound channel from the stream, bypassing the Dialog entirely. Synchronisation wouldn't be required, and it would be practically zero latency. It would require extra optical cable and splitters, but those would still have less visual impact than most audiophile speaker cables.

What makes you think there would be no latency?
The latency will always equal the length of time it takes to fill the buffer. A smaller buffer = less latency but less resilience against streaming errors.
There may also be latency associated with the DSP correction of frequency response and timing error inherent in getting full range performance from such a small unit.
A simple DAC would have minimal latency, but a Phantom is not a simple DAC.