Most irritating issue as of now?

[AllenB]

Lack of Spark / Dialogue for the Experts and the Air problems kind of takes away much of the reasoning behind buying my 200. I was looking for a one box solution (well, plus a little Dialogue box). I am getting by on a MacMini / USB hook-up ;-) thus far.

However, I am more keen to get Roon operating with the Dev now, and this could be achieved in time if Air worked properly and reliably. As such, my trigger finger keeps hovering over Aurender web-pages, and these seem a much better bet to adopt RoonSpeaker protocol before Devialet even start to consider it.

I moved away from Naim because of their slowwww software development, and currently Devialet seems to have stalled somewhat on their promises and expectations. I hope it's a blip, and I hope my patience (already run ragged by Naim) does not flounder with Devialet.

Having said this, I am still loving the overall performance of the 200!

I don't think that the Devialet was ever a one box solution. Perhaps in the future if they incorporate Tidal or some such. You music must reside somewhere. I do understand you frustration as Air was heavily promoted. Since I have a Synology NAS, now relegated to backup status, I never considered Air a solution for me. I always used some sort of stand alone renderer and decided to upgrade to Aurender so I am mostly content.

I hear what you are saying, and maybe 'one-box' was pushing it a little, but when I bought my Dev 200, the Dialogue was being promised as compatible for Expert range by Munich 2015 or thereabouts. Like you I have a Synology NAS, so there was a hope on my part that the 200 + Dialogue + NAS would be all that I needed and quite an elegant set up given that the Dialogue could be tucked away out of sight.

I started seriously considering an Aurender, but then Roon was released, and that is now obligatory for me. So it's now a case of getting Roon through to the 200, wouldn't it be great if Devialet adopted RoonSpeaker protocol, this could be all that Air promised to be but better control of one's music all round, including seamless Tidal integration. Only issue appears to be that Devialet can't be bothered to even speak with Roon, even though an NDA has been signed, I believe.

Not sure if it's the whole Phantom thing, but Devialet seems to have lost it's focus, they seem more concerned in getting as many pictures on Facebook as they can at the moment, and everything Expert / Air seems to be a little forgotten. So it seems to me