Question of transparency - Help or Harm?

[hrky_zmaj]

Still have to say that with Windows 10 Air is perfect, and if the difference for me was Windows10 as it did not work in Win7 or Win8.1 - where is the fault in Air or in Windows/Mac operating systems?

Not wishing to drag things too off-topic, but in general, applications are written to run on specific operating systems - as advertised at release or according to maintenance updates.

If an application doesn't run correctly on the operating system it's designed for, then the fault is with the Application not the operating system.  Whether the OS is the cause or contributor to its poor performance is another matter.  If there were no other 'virtual sound cards' on the market that worked reliably, then perhaps one could argue that the affected OS's were incapable of performing that task, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Products need constant updates to work around OS issues, bug, changes etc.  If Air is relying on an aspect of an operating system that doesn't do what it needs reliably, then it hasn't been designed properly.

Simply saying it works for you on Windows 10 in your setup, while reassuring, doesn't mean the Application works as intended/advertised or that the OS can be blamed.

If it's true that the Windows 10 version works reliably for everyone, then thats a success and perhaps they've cracked it for that OS and that's great news.  If they're still saying Air is compatible with Mac's or other windows versions however, and there are issues, then it still needs fixing for the other OS's.

So, coming back to transparency....  It's one thing to say 'Air works reliably on Win10, and is provided as-is for other operating systems where playback reliability can't be guaranteed'.  Fair enough, you either takes your chance outside of those restraints, or you consider the feature not available to you and workaround it, or move to another product.  But saying it works and kind of hoping people are OK with it when they buy it and it doesn't, isn't being open and transparent, among other things…..

I don't understand some people here. If you are lucky, you can go and buy Dan Agostino preamp/amp combination @ dealer discount for just 80.000€. And there will be no firmware or any other upgrade EVER!! If You buy LE200 for 7.000€ everybody is asking for upgrade on daily bases. Two firmware upgrades per year and all that upgrades since Devialet 170 aren't enough?  AIR? Air streaming is, for my oppinion just first aid for computer streaming. Using USB with dedicated music computer source is way to go. And IMHO today is 2015. almost 2016. Every room in the house should have a Gigabit wired connection (I have it in the kitchen too!) So, connect your Devialet with cable, and enjoy that AIR if you want. My AIR works perfect for 2 years and I use it every weekend for parties, streeming Internet radio or YouTube songs. Devialet is the most transparent of all high end companies I have dealt in my 30 years of benig a part of this hoby. Regards, Hrky