Devialet Dialog

[Charlemagne]

Hello
I am really interested to see how this Dialog box will work with the Devialet "classical" models. For the moment I have not seen anything except the fact that it is supposed to be compatible and the output will be the USB one.
But exactly what it will bring is not clear neither if this is linked to a new firmware.
What I am really wondering is how the Dialog box communicates with the Phantoms... because there are so many issues with Air that it must be something either completely different unless Air can be fixed thanks to this extra Dialog box...
I guess we will know more in the coming weeks.

I have understood that the Dialog box will either be linked to the Phantoms though a strong WiFi network or an ethernet connection. To the classical Devialet it's limited to the USB connection 'as yet'. It would suggest that for an ethernet connection to the classical devs a firmware upgrade would be necessary.

Here's what the White Paper says about the Dialog's connectivity:

DIALOG creates the most robust mesh network on the market today, by combining 3 dual-band Wi-Fi connexions, a 1Gbps Ethernet, and Power Line Communication of the latest generation.
Each PHANTOM has an optical Toslink input and is able to share this input signal with any other PHANTOM on the network. Wired connectivity to the DIALOG network through a 1Gbps Ethernet RJ-45 port is also available.

That would mean that the present WiFi connection of the classical Devs is insufficiënt and does need an upgrade. 'Power Line Communication' is non existent in the classical Devs. So it will depend on an upgrade of WiFi and/or AIR in the classical ones.