Devialet teaser 11-11-2016 / 'The lost recordings'

[GuillaumeB]

Let's keep this simple - carefully remastering and rereleasing undiscovered music is a good thing.

Releasing said music only in formats that are very high cost or that can only played once is a bad thing.

However, if said music is released on a very high cost play once format and sold for £1000's to stupid people, with the intension of getting rich folk to fund the careful remastering and rereleasing undiscovered music, which is then later sold digitally and at a reasonable price to the rest of us, this is fine with me!

At the moment the release is only available via a very expensive 180g pressing or the play once format, which means many music lovers will never hear it due to the cost.  What we don't know is what Devialet plan to do long term with all this.  If it stays for all time as a very high cost release only for those with lots of cash to enjoy, this is bad.  If ultimately a decent version comes out at a reasonable cost, this is good.  Time will tell!

I find it utterly unimaginable that these releases won't find themselves in PCM and/or DSD format. There is a record label involved after all.

This is much more about creating exclusivity and grabbing worldwide attention. Remember Devialet has global ambitions and this kind of thing will see them getting coverage in all sorts of places. 

If the lacquer also sounds as good as they make out then why not? People should be free to spend their money how they wish. I certainly shan't be buying one as I don't have a turntable. But if (or more a question of when I'd say) it comes out on PCM or DSD I'll definitely be there.

Guillaume