25-Mar-2016, 17:47
(This post was last modified: 25-Mar-2016, 21:51 by mdconnelly.)
If AIR never existed, I still would have bought my Devialet 200. It does sound that good. And there are numerous other solutions for streaming (yes, another box) and more on the way that can be had for a fraction of the price of a Devialet.
Where Devialet is shooting themselves in the foot is by not acknowledging and addressing a problem they've known about for a long time. Fix it, replace it, or call it a legacy product. But by continuing to market it as a feature while seemingly ignoring the growing number of support problems and disgruntled customers is just bad business.
AIR was not a factor in my purchase of my 200. My #1 factor was sound quality. But a close #2 was that this was not a point-in-time product. I bought it because they would continue to evolve it through firmware improvements as technology advanced at no additional cost to me. But their handling of AIR is a red flag and I can understand why potential buyers reading these threads may have cause for pause. That's unfortunate because it is a great product.
Where Devialet is shooting themselves in the foot is by not acknowledging and addressing a problem they've known about for a long time. Fix it, replace it, or call it a legacy product. But by continuing to market it as a feature while seemingly ignoring the growing number of support problems and disgruntled customers is just bad business.
AIR was not a factor in my purchase of my 200. My #1 factor was sound quality. But a close #2 was that this was not a point-in-time product. I bought it because they would continue to evolve it through firmware improvements as technology advanced at no additional cost to me. But their handling of AIR is a red flag and I can understand why potential buyers reading these threads may have cause for pause. That's unfortunate because it is a great product.
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