29-May-2017, 22:31
(28-May-2017, 22:00)Hifi_swlon Wrote: Ironically I probably would have changed to Phantoms, but I couldn't stand the Spark software and my shop demo wasnt glitch free. Also at the time I was enraged with Devialet (I've since calmed as AIR at least mostly works now after a two year wait) so that helped them lose the sale. If they ever become RoonReady I'd do another demo.
Maybe now its the right time to go back to retry the Phantoms. Though, Spark has by far not reached the usability of roon. But the latest firmware update brought to the Phantoms streaming stability and snappiness, that had not been available before. Finally, gapless playing, state of the art buffering, 24bit/192k streaming from Qobuz or from local folders works rock stable. No single dropout for more than one week of listening to any source offered through Spark. Volume and play, pause, next track control from Apple watch, Ipad, and Iphone start screen. Hopefully RAAT comes to Phantoms soon. In the meantime, a rpi with hifiberry optically connected to a Phantom does the job.
