Phantom Elevate

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First generation (no bluetooth) and 2nd gen (with bluetooth but no Airplay) Silver Phantoms feature ADH and not ADH2. They also have a TI DAC and not the Devialet DAQ. The specs in terms of distortion and noise are worse than what now is specified on the Devialet webpage that apparently describes a 3rd gen Phantom Silver. Same for the white Phantom that in comparison to the Silver Phantoms has been remamed to Phantom Evolution. The Gold Phantoms were from beginning equipped with all components of the 3rd gen Phantoms. These overall evolutions are great for new customers as in theory they should receive Phantoms with better sound quality. So far this was very evident for the Gold Phantoms, but had not been reported by Silver or White Phantom owners. Specifically, in the mids all Phantoms should sound the same and on lower volumes there should be no difference in the Bass neither. The titan tweeter of the Gold Phantom might be a bit better and might explain the higher transparency and airyness. Can anybody confirm such observations? I have first and 2nd gen Silvers and 2 Gold Phantoms. The Silver Phantoms sound still the same as on day 1 and the Golds also, except for the power supply noise that got removed with a firmware update around 6 months ago. Indeed the Phantoms are an evolutionary system. Curious what we can expect in the future.