Core Infinity board

[yabaVR]

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

Hi Guillaume,
as an 0 d'A owner I'd be very careful in case of SQ and take out the Wifi and Duett-boards before sending the O d'A to Devialet for updating. Hold the two boards as spare parts so you can switch back in case of the new streamer board is lacking in SQ.
As Antoine once mentioned Devialet is good at their core invention that is ADH but they are only average at the rest which I can confirm as my D200 improved that much in SQ by modifying it.

Devialet is designing the sound of the Dxxx at a whole different (lower!) level than we, the users who massively tune/mod our complete audio chain, are listening to.
We can hear the improvement in SQ with the PROs but again that comes from their core invention they are good at. But they didn't improve anything of the rest with the PROs which was and still is of poor quality as the high level signal path through the riserboard and the cheapest binding post they could get in China (...oh, but they look so worthy shiny gold ) .

So I'd not expect that much when it comes to SQ with the new streamer board but also it depends on your expectations and level of SQ you could establish in your audio chain so far.
To be fair to everybody, we are all on different levels when it comes to SQ. I for myself can only dream of the SQlevel I could achieve if I could spend 50k or even more having all the experience I have now.
If you're on that level connecting your MacBook and Dxxx with your USB-Printer cable you'll be mostly fine with the streamer board.
If you're on a highly tuned level as Antoine and others it would be most likely that the new streamer board is not for you.
Please no offend and it's all assumptions. Peace

gui