Master/slave link

[IanG-UK]

Thanks for your replies Guillaume and Ian. I know this is straying from topic but ...

I'm a bit surprised that Devialet are not more forthcoming on issues like these. Their kit is pretty innovative (and patent protected, for what that might be worth) so they must have tons of data on lots of things. One particular example would be them saying exactly what new releases are fixing. There must have been 20 or so releases by now so it would make interesting reading.

I know it will be sensitive if those things reveal shortcomings which they have yet to optimise (for example I guess there have been significant modifications to AIR since its first release) but there are presumably some things that they could(and should) comment on, most pertinently the master/slave link (which is obligatory) and the mains supply or cable (which is obligatory too). In a sense they have already done this with loudspeakers by creating SAM, presumably using some undisclosed speaker cable of some undisclosed length. So I think they should say on all these things whether it matters or not, purely from a measurement perspective - and then whether there is any scientific evidence that this matters in terms of listening.

In fact, if Devialet have a weakness it is in their general communication and the change in their website from a technical bias to a marketing one. Probably a good move commercially but there are enough eggheads out there to warrant lots of technical data with the proviso that we cannot expect Devialet to respond to challenges about it.

I know doing all this might oblige them to then provide appropriate mains cable and digital cable (which might cost £1 or could cost £1,000) - if they do not do so already - but at least it would then satisfy those who believe everything can be measured and leave the others to choose or try other things.