Active crossover feature

[NickB]

The little Phantom has eight amps inside, apparently.  I wonder how these would perform if liberated from their little dinosaur eggs?  Or even what spec they are?  Maybe Devialet do have the technology to make a small, low cost multi channel amp, if they really wanted to?

Good point Confused. Devialet definitely has both knowledge and technology to make a multi channel amp. And they know how to use DSP. Phantom is proof of that. Miniaturization of ADH is done already so a compact multi channel amp would be quite easy to design. However the current efforts at Devialet of becoming a brand rather than a hifi maker makes me doubt they will release a multi channel amp (for the DIY audiophile). But I love the thought of eight channels and a USB multi channel interface with proper sample rate switching

I have 3 questions about this.

1 Why would they bother as the development as the development budget for software would be huge and the grief if it didn't work perfectly first time even bigger.

2 The grief about not using their people to sort out expert range/Phantom problems first.

3 How many would they sell to recoup the cost?