07-Jul-2016, 22:00
(This post was last modified: 07-Jul-2016, 22:02 by deviousalet.)
Thanks for the honorable mention. I'm betting double-or-nothing that my predictions which haven't been disproven will redeem me:
My original predictions, as a reminder (with incorrect guesses struck out and correct guesses in italics):
1) new and improved acronyms (and for bonus points, three-letter acronyms at that)
1a) some will be connected to useful improvements and others will simply be amusing
2) hardware upgrades for existing Expert units trickle down from Od'A (A, D, & power boards for both cases)
3) firmware upgrades for both Phantom and Experts
3a) Experts will gain power (Od'A=1000, and after upgrading hardware D220/D450, D270/D900)
3b) Phantom will gain bass management but not gain power
4) new connection/processing hardware (Dialog replacement) will provide
4a) support for more streaming services and formats, including MQA but not full Roon Endpoint
4b) surround sound (3.0, 5.0, 7.0, and Atmos/Auro3D) to Phantom but not Experts
4c) streaming to Experts
5) problems with AIR will be ignored, while room correction and DLNA/UPnP support will be promised for "soon" but not delivered.
Mid-year commentary:
1) This is like poker. Devialet hasn't yet revealed their new acronyms but is getting twitchy. Note the number of things they're calling "new", "more", or "best". They're also inventing strange new language like "dematerialized music" in their attempt to hold their breath and keep in all the new acronyms. I'm betting that with five new patents and four updated products they can't restrain themselves for long from using a few new acronyms.
1a) So far AIR3 and the new ADH, Class-A, Class-D, Magic Wire, Power Supply, and Thermal Management are useful twitches of their acronym inclination while the "8x More Powerful" Gold Phantom with "new Titanium Tweeter" is amusing given the show demos of White Phantoms using their copious power to make ugly amounts of excessive noise and the properties of titanium vs. beryllium, diamond, or diamond-coated beryllium which are the state of the art in refined hard-dome tweeters.
2) Devialet has said that hardware developed for the Od'A plus a few improvements since then will be available as hardware upgrades. I was specifically correct about the A, D, and power boards being upgraded although the upgrades aren't yet available so they still have time to prove me wrong.
3) Firmware updates aren't yet released but I'm still betting on them and hoping for this year.
3a) I've already been proven right about the Od'A going to 1000W but didn't expect even Devialet to screw the Oa'A owners by upgrading the 800 to 1000W too. To be fair, I predicted a power upgrade through software update not hardware so I'm wrong unless a firmware update appears with power increases.
3b) I never would have guessed that what Phantoms needed was more power. Wow. On this one I'm certainly wrong, but so is Devialet unless they improved bass management (which would give me partial credit).
4) While the Dialog has not been updated or replaced the Gold Phantom does support AirPlay and Spotify so may yet have new prove me partially correct. Or, given the continuing problems with the Dialog, Devialet may yet update/replace it.
4a) Do Spotify or AirPlay count as a streaming service and format? Maybe MQA will come, and certainly Roon Endpoint seems unlikely.
4b) We'll see. This is more my hope than guess, but maybe I should have been quiet and been given what I wanted like AirPlay.
4c) Devialet did announce new streaming hardware for the Expert Pro line, but that wasn't really my guess, nor will they deliver it in 2016, so I don't think I get any credit here.
5) While I'm wrong that all problems with AIR were ignored, AIR3 still has many problems for many people, and is only available on one platform, so unless they dramatically improve the beta in 2016 I think I get at least some credit here. I certainly get credit for UPnP support being promised, but we can still hope that I'm wrong if they actually deliver it in 2016. Personally, if AirPlay in the Gold Phantom works that makes me wrong in essence because it serves my needs better than DLNA or UPnP, and AIR3 sound so much better while continuing to work for me that I happily yield to Devialet for my personal needs. However they need to fix AIR for the majority of users to truly prove me wrong.
My original predictions, as a reminder (with incorrect guesses struck out and correct guesses in italics):
1) new and improved acronyms (and for bonus points, three-letter acronyms at that)
1a) some will be connected to useful improvements and others will simply be amusing
2) hardware upgrades for existing Expert units trickle down from Od'A (A, D, & power boards for both cases)
3) firmware upgrades for both Phantom and Experts
3a) Experts will gain power (Od'A=1000, and after upgrading hardware D220/D450, D270/D900)
3b) Phantom will gain bass management but not gain power
4) new connection/processing hardware (Dialog replacement) will provide
4a) support for more streaming services and formats, including MQA but not full Roon Endpoint
4b) surround sound (3.0, 5.0, 7.0, and Atmos/Auro3D) to Phantom but not Experts
4c) streaming to Experts
5) problems with AIR will be ignored, while room correction and DLNA/UPnP support will be promised for "soon" but not delivered.
Mid-year commentary:
1) This is like poker. Devialet hasn't yet revealed their new acronyms but is getting twitchy. Note the number of things they're calling "new", "more", or "best". They're also inventing strange new language like "dematerialized music" in their attempt to hold their breath and keep in all the new acronyms. I'm betting that with five new patents and four updated products they can't restrain themselves for long from using a few new acronyms.
1a) So far AIR3 and the new ADH, Class-A, Class-D, Magic Wire, Power Supply, and Thermal Management are useful twitches of their acronym inclination while the "8x More Powerful" Gold Phantom with "new Titanium Tweeter" is amusing given the show demos of White Phantoms using their copious power to make ugly amounts of excessive noise and the properties of titanium vs. beryllium, diamond, or diamond-coated beryllium which are the state of the art in refined hard-dome tweeters.
2) Devialet has said that hardware developed for the Od'A plus a few improvements since then will be available as hardware upgrades. I was specifically correct about the A, D, and power boards being upgraded although the upgrades aren't yet available so they still have time to prove me wrong.
3) Firmware updates aren't yet released but I'm still betting on them and hoping for this year.
3a) I've already been proven right about the Od'A going to 1000W but didn't expect even Devialet to screw the Oa'A owners by upgrading the 800 to 1000W too. To be fair, I predicted a power upgrade through software update not hardware so I'm wrong unless a firmware update appears with power increases.
3b) I never would have guessed that what Phantoms needed was more power. Wow. On this one I'm certainly wrong, but so is Devialet unless they improved bass management (which would give me partial credit).
4) While the Dialog has not been updated or replaced the Gold Phantom does support AirPlay and Spotify so may yet have new prove me partially correct. Or, given the continuing problems with the Dialog, Devialet may yet update/replace it.
4a) Do Spotify or AirPlay count as a streaming service and format? Maybe MQA will come, and certainly Roon Endpoint seems unlikely.
4b) We'll see. This is more my hope than guess, but maybe I should have been quiet and been given what I wanted like AirPlay.
4c) Devialet did announce new streaming hardware for the Expert Pro line, but that wasn't really my guess, nor will they deliver it in 2016, so I don't think I get any credit here.
5) While I'm wrong that all problems with AIR were ignored, AIR3 still has many problems for many people, and is only available on one platform, so unless they dramatically improve the beta in 2016 I think I get at least some credit here. I certainly get credit for UPnP support being promised, but we can still hope that I'm wrong if they actually deliver it in 2016. Personally, if AirPlay in the Gold Phantom works that makes me wrong in essence because it serves my needs better than DLNA or UPnP, and AIR3 sound so much better while continuing to work for me that I happily yield to Devialet for my personal needs. However they need to fix AIR for the majority of users to truly prove me wrong.
