10-Sep-2014, 14:18
(This post was last modified: 10-Sep-2014, 14:19 by GuillaumeB.)
(10-Sep-2014, 13:56)Confused Wrote: Ian - Perhaps someone should take these queries to the Guilford Audio event in October. (I doubt they will get a sensible answer though)
There's nothing wrong with AIR, well apart from the odd dropouts and the white noise problem. OK the white noise thing is pretty bad but from what I can see it's not happening to that many people.
So I don't see why they should develop a new source product or endorse anyone else's for that matter.
They'd be better off working on a mini 120 - a 60 even! Price it around £2-3k (or less even) and blow a hole in the competition's sales. Perhaps it could even include HDMI inputs so that it could be used as a home entertainment hub, connecting TV, Sky box etc.
Linn produce such a product: the Majik DSM which is their biggest selling product. It combines streamer, pre and power amps and has inputs from all my boxes (blu-ray player, Sky, Apple TV). I have one in my living room, it's rather good actually though not a patch on Devialet SQ. Now imagine that with ADH and SAM! And a decent remote for the living room.
I think this kind of product would give Devialet a much wider market, let's face it the hi-fi world is pretty small.
Guillaume
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