US Phantom Official release

[stonedragon]

Welcome Jay.
I had silver Phantoms from the first factory delivery. The sound quality was astonishingly good from the beginning but the launch software was very unstable.
It has been updated several times, both the Spark controlling software and the internal firmware in both the Phantoms and the Dialog.
Mine are stable now and still sound just as great.

I could live with them as my main system (though I won't) I don't think any conventional hifi comes close at the price, but you do give up a conventional type of connectivity and if you are a cable or box swapper they are not for you...

@f1eng: You're using a stereo pair? With the Dialog? Is stereo operation now consistent and reliable? I'm very, very intrigued by the Phantom system but some of the early reports on the software and Dialog in particular were pretty bad.

I have a stereo pair with a Dialog (it can't be any other way with more than 1 Phantom) and things have dramatically improved with the latest version of Spark. Very stable, no crashes or the like. It 'just works'. As it should have done from the beginning.

I'm going to be adding a 3rd one to my set up, mainly for movies to see what happens.

The only caveat is the Spark setup is still a nightmare. It is a sit on the edge of your seat experience waiting for it to work.