Devialet Dialog

[GuillaumeB]

Some interesting posts - Thanks guys!  So it looks like Dialog can be used with the "Expert" range either by USB or AIR wireless.

It does not look like AIR Ethernet is possible?

So will of match or exceed the sound quality a (non-optimised) PC running WASAPI via AIR?  In theory, being a dedicate "music" device, not a general purpose PC, then yes it should.

Since Dialog has an Ethernet port, if it supports wi-fi AIR I'd be completely dumbfounded if it didn't support Ethernet AIR as well.  There's no extra/different software to write.

Anyway, I think confirmation that Dialog supports AIR in any form is great news for two reasons: firstly it gives an alternative to tying up the USB port on the D, and secondly it makes it less likely that Devialet will sideline AIR (giving them a possible "excuse" not to fix the current problems).

I must say that the more I read the more confused I get. Why would we want Dialog to support AIR? Isn't it the case that SPARK will be an alternative to iTunes (or J River/Audirvana etc) + AIR?

Put another way, if I had a Dialog with SPARK running on my iPad, why would I want AIR running on a laptop somewhere? Surely that would mean two control points and two setups to worry about. 

Rather I would expect and want the Dialog box to take the place of my laptop, and SPARK running on my iPad to be my only control point. The Dialog box would then pull music files from any storage devices connected to the network, and these could include the hard drive of my laptop and my QNAP NAS. 

It's quite possible that I have got this completely wrong mind you! 

Guillaume