Core Infinity board

[GuillaumeB]

why fit something you will never use?  Especially if it has the potential to add noise or any other similar negatives.  

This raises a very interesting question for O d'A owners doesn't it? I mean what with the upgrade to PRO being contingent on the streamer OS board.

Perhaps we will be better off not bothering with the upgrade after all. 

I don't imagine that Devialet will ship anything that makes the unit sound worse but I remain highly sceptical that they will achieve a result equivalent to that offered by a dedicated solution such as a high-end streamer, for a variety of reasons. And of course an external streamer gives us more options to tweak using the likes of the Mutec, better power supplies etc. 

With that said I still think that being able to stream from Qobuz or Spotify using just my iPhone is a must have really. The likes of Linn have been doing it for several years. And whilst you are there you may as well throw in support for Roon and be done with it. Presumably AIR will still exist and possibly be much more reliable given better wifi and gig ethernet and some better buffering at Devialet end. So that keeps the computer audio crowd happy.

However if the result of the integrated streamer is a small drop in SQ performance (whether you effectively use it or not) then I see more people defecting to other brands. 

The question is therefore will there be a price to pay for having everything in one box? It's difficult to see how Devialet can please everyone unless they relook at the product portfolio with this in mind.

Guillaume