01-Apr-2016, 17:30
I'll withdraw my previous predictions and replace with DEVIALET HEADPHONES - active and digitally fed
1 It's a big and still growing market
2 Particularly for to 12 - 25 year olds who can then be hooked into Phantom or Mini Phantom
3 It exploits Devialet's existing expertise acquired through Phantom and ADH/SAM
4 They are clearly into miniaturising ADH for phones and cars and TVs (probably on an OEM basis) and this is an example of that within the Devialet brand
5 Whilst branding of headphones has strengthened over the past few years, there have been few technical developments, maybe electrostatic of 4 decades ago and sound cancellation more recently, neither particularly successful - so this will be novel
6 Devialet's tie up with Apple and their less observable links with Tesla give them routes into miniaturised rechargeable battery sourcing
7 A battery powered active headphone might preserve the play time of phones if such phones are just giving digital wireless feeds
8 Presumably Devialet can use SPARK and an attraction could be to use it from your phone for your headphones or for your Phantom
9 It warrants them getting all their Premier dealers together as this will create a novel and major selling opportunity
10 I can't see the announcement in late April being an Expert Mk 2 or 3 as they have just committed £0.5m capital to the OdA (which they would not have otherwise done); nor a big active loudspeaker as there is no volume market; the source market is all over the place and Devialet seem to be in to multiple feed options; but maybe we will also see Dialog working with Phantom and Expert.
1 It's a big and still growing market
2 Particularly for to 12 - 25 year olds who can then be hooked into Phantom or Mini Phantom
3 It exploits Devialet's existing expertise acquired through Phantom and ADH/SAM
4 They are clearly into miniaturising ADH for phones and cars and TVs (probably on an OEM basis) and this is an example of that within the Devialet brand
5 Whilst branding of headphones has strengthened over the past few years, there have been few technical developments, maybe electrostatic of 4 decades ago and sound cancellation more recently, neither particularly successful - so this will be novel
6 Devialet's tie up with Apple and their less observable links with Tesla give them routes into miniaturised rechargeable battery sourcing
7 A battery powered active headphone might preserve the play time of phones if such phones are just giving digital wireless feeds
8 Presumably Devialet can use SPARK and an attraction could be to use it from your phone for your headphones or for your Phantom
9 It warrants them getting all their Premier dealers together as this will create a novel and major selling opportunity
10 I can't see the announcement in late April being an Expert Mk 2 or 3 as they have just committed £0.5m capital to the OdA (which they would not have otherwise done); nor a big active loudspeaker as there is no volume market; the source market is all over the place and Devialet seem to be in to multiple feed options; but maybe we will also see Dialog working with Phantom and Expert.
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