Devialet's newest technology...?

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The French chap that runs "The State of Sound" blog has recently written about the Phantom.  He revealed a few things that I didn't know, including who makes the speaker drivers.  He also had a bit of criticism for the demo at the Devialet showroom in Paris, as apparently the acoustic set-up was not optimal and both the WiFi and AirPlay (his term -- and here I wonder whether Devialet is really going to try and make Air work on the Phantom when it's still a weak link in the Expert line) were not functional.  He was also disappointed not to be able to try the new Spark app.  Nonetheless, he is quite complimentary about Phantom.  Here is a link to his posting.

thanks for sharing.

I was also surprised to see he is talking about PLC (Power-line communication) as one of the networking options for Dialog. I did not know that this was an option to start with?! And if that is the case, and the Dialog acts as a transmitter over a PLC then what unit acts as a receiver on the other end of the PLC? will it be another Dialog?

No I suspect every Phantom is also a PLC receiver.

Could be, but that would be really strange of Devialet to adopt! we all know how powerlines are full of noise and how tweakers and audiophiles do all they can (sometimes costing us an arm and a leg) to take our hifi systems as far as we can from unclean power by installing filters, harmonisers, dedicated switchboards and even power regeneration to avoid potential deterioration of the audio signal. so imagine now what will be the case when Devialet let the powerlines carry the signal?!