21-Jun-2018, 20:49
Devialet has SAM profiles for many speakers, over 800, I believe. Many of these are for brands I've never heard of, and I'm sure that is true for many others here. Even with that speaker count, many of us have speakers that have no SAM profile and likely never will. Some owners have actually shipped one speaker to France for profiling; others have been fortunate enough to be in a city that had the mobile lab set up and were able to get their speakers profiled.
So, the reason is that it would be a huge task to profile every available speaker, even with current models. Neat makes wonderful speakers; I still have a pair of Mk II Mystiques in my house, collecting dust. No profile for them, nor for my Lawrence Audio's, but with only a few hundred pairs worldwide, I'm not expecting it. I too would love a SAM profile, but that is just the way of the world. The Iota may be popular enough that it will get a profile in the future, especially if someone in Europe can get Devialet a speaker to measure.
So, the reason is that it would be a huge task to profile every available speaker, even with current models. Neat makes wonderful speakers; I still have a pair of Mk II Mystiques in my house, collecting dust. No profile for them, nor for my Lawrence Audio's, but with only a few hundred pairs worldwide, I'm not expecting it. I too would love a SAM profile, but that is just the way of the world. The Iota may be popular enough that it will get a profile in the future, especially if someone in Europe can get Devialet a speaker to measure.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
