31-Oct-2015, 17:50
(31-Oct-2015, 10:28)Confused Wrote: On a more serious note, there are some interesting points being raised. You can crudely put posters in three categories. 1) Those who love their Devialet's and are fed up with all the carping about AIR, Dialog etc. 2) Those are sympathetic with Devialet, trying to get complex hardware and software working in the minefield the ever evolving PC and Mac ecosystems. 3) those who occasionally want to post on here to vent their frustration with many issues.
Funnily enough, I can see myself in all three of these categories. I might have sympathy with a moaning post, I agree with points raised about how hard it must be keeping something working robustly with every individuals PC / Mac / network, plus I love my Devialet dearly. If I knew everything I new today before buying my first D240, I would still make that same purchasing decision, and yes I do get a bit fed up with all the negative stuff on here. I'd much rather be reading about ways to optimise, comparisons of possible peripherals etc., or just reading about tips for great music to listen to.
#Confused: thanks for your response. Indeed, I still have the impression that the problem posts are in a vast majority, which creates an impression that does not do justice to the D products' quality in SQ. But then, of course people search for information when something isn't working. That's legit. Having said that, as an example, I would not expect that AIR wireless will work flawlessly in a highly WiFi polluted environment and a bad S/N ratio from the beginning. That was my situation that I solved (without referring to any forum) by getting a run of ethernet from my Mac to the D under the floor. For this little insight I don't need any technical expertise. There is still the SQ premium option to run a line of AES/EBU cable between Mac and D, wjich is sonically even a tick better than ethernet. In this forum, however, were hundreds of posts complaining about ridiculous issues that could be solved by a bit of common sense. But the posters preferred to flatly accuse D for not having foreseen their desolate WiFi situation. OK, I am exaggerating a bit, forgive me.
I know the Linn forum that also flooded with flaw reports and problems. But I know that Linn networking is even more fragile than any D network. So, perhaps it's D's fault of setting up a forum of their own where technicians respond from time to time.
From an economic point of view I am a bit pessimistic about D's future development when I read their absurd projections. Companies mostly fail when they are too optimistic at the beginning of their existence and when they expand too quickly and too much. Let's hope this is not the case here.
