(11-Nov-2017, 10:37)streamy Wrote:(11-Nov-2017, 03:00)MountainGuy Wrote: I had a pair of Silver. Never really satisfied because it lacked the resolution and transient speed. The Gold was a very significant step up and satisfying. I no longer own the Silver.
However, would like a 2nd pair without the gold price. Some owners of White and Silver report that the latest update made the White really improve in soundstage etc. I don't need the loud volume but want the quality.
Anyone with both White OR Silver and Gold? Any sense of how much closer in tonal quality or timbre does the latest software update get the While or Silver to the Golds?
Thanks.
Maybe we need a more precise approach to this question: I have currently 2 Gold Phantoms and 1 Silver Phantom from the first produced batch that does not have bluetooth nor airplay. This Silver Phantom still sounds the same from what I can hear. The hiss when you play e.g at a volume of 2 is about 4 times higher than on the Golds, the hights though are reduced, the overall sound is boxier and much less transparent, much more covered/closed in the mids. I attribute most of this to ADH2 in my Golds compared ADH in my Silver Phantom. Clearly, a SW update to ADH2 if this would be possible would have reduced the hissing and increased the hights which to me seems impossible. I have some doubts that Devialet artificially added hissing noise to newer batches of Silver Phantoms but maybe used some EQ to keep the frequency response same for all Silvers. So now they might have changed on those Devices that have ADH2 and are not Golds the EQ settings such that they get closer to the Golds, but definitely not on my 1st gen Silver that still sounds the same as before due to HW limitations. I owned two more Silvers that I gave to my brother. Those are 1 first gen and 1 second gen (bt but no airplay). I would need to check if there is a SQ difference between the two at his place. I might be able to do so over Christmas.
My question is, can anybody confirm that the hissing on a recent Silver or White Phantom is the same as on the Gold? For this you play at very low volume to Gold and Silver and go with your ears very close to the tweeter. Like this you can hear if the hissing is louder on one or the other, which gives some indication on the HW.
I had no hissing on my silvers and have it also not on my golds !
