01-Nov-2019, 18:46
I updated to DOS2 and overall I have had minimal problems to date. I have a pair of Phantom Classics with a dialog and now no longer need the Dialog. I did read the instructions pretty Carefully before starting the process and left the Dialog to the end......in fact I haven’t actually updated the Dialog as I wasn’t sure whether I was supposed to do this after the Phantoms had been updated, but prior to installation, or to leave the Dialog until the Phantom update and installation process had been completed. As indicated, I left the Dialog alone completely and still haven’t updated it.......presumably I can use the optical and Ethernet sockets on the Phantoms if I need to use them.
After the upgrade I feel that the sound quality is much better. I pretty much exclusively use AirPlay and the crackle which I found really annoying on tracks with high frequency sounds Has gone and for me this is a real plus. I perceive the sound stage now as much bigger and overall the sound appears to be much more rounded and balanced. I have read on other posts that the upgrade included a new sound profile and certainly for my ears it does sound a lot better.
I use Apple Music and Amazon Music HD trial as sources via AirPlay and although I haven’t done any exhaustive testing, the new sound profile seems (to my 65 year old ears) to bring the quality of the two sources much closer together. I have a few weeks left of the Amazon HD trial but at the moment I may well drop it as it’s much harder, for me at least, to hear a difference between the Apple codec and Amazon 24bit 48khz tracks.
I did find the instructions fairly clear but as an english speaker I was surprised at some of the ambiguous grammar which meant there was a bit of finger crossing. For example in the upgrade decision tree there was at least one question with two clauses in it which required a yes/no answer so you didn’t know which clause you were saying yes or no to!
Overall, for me, the upgrade has gone ok and I am enjoying what I perceive as better sound quality. I have had one small issue since upgrading which I am hoping was just blip. When I Started listening today it was immediately apparent that the sound stage was skewed heavily to the right speaker. I tried a reset of the iPad running the new App but no change. I wasn’t sure what the recommendations are now for DOS2 with regard to resets and button interventions (I have asked Devialet support but not heard back yet) so took a risk of unplugging one of the Phantoms and then plugging it back in. After a while both Phantoms made what I understand to be the rebooting sound. After a short while I played music through the system and everything was back to normal gain.....hopefully this was just a blip but I have reported to Dev Support in case it recurs.
That’s about it!
After the upgrade I feel that the sound quality is much better. I pretty much exclusively use AirPlay and the crackle which I found really annoying on tracks with high frequency sounds Has gone and for me this is a real plus. I perceive the sound stage now as much bigger and overall the sound appears to be much more rounded and balanced. I have read on other posts that the upgrade included a new sound profile and certainly for my ears it does sound a lot better.
I use Apple Music and Amazon Music HD trial as sources via AirPlay and although I haven’t done any exhaustive testing, the new sound profile seems (to my 65 year old ears) to bring the quality of the two sources much closer together. I have a few weeks left of the Amazon HD trial but at the moment I may well drop it as it’s much harder, for me at least, to hear a difference between the Apple codec and Amazon 24bit 48khz tracks.
I did find the instructions fairly clear but as an english speaker I was surprised at some of the ambiguous grammar which meant there was a bit of finger crossing. For example in the upgrade decision tree there was at least one question with two clauses in it which required a yes/no answer so you didn’t know which clause you were saying yes or no to!
Overall, for me, the upgrade has gone ok and I am enjoying what I perceive as better sound quality. I have had one small issue since upgrading which I am hoping was just blip. When I Started listening today it was immediately apparent that the sound stage was skewed heavily to the right speaker. I tried a reset of the iPad running the new App but no change. I wasn’t sure what the recommendations are now for DOS2 with regard to resets and button interventions (I have asked Devialet support but not heard back yet) so took a risk of unplugging one of the Phantoms and then plugging it back in. After a while both Phantoms made what I understand to be the rebooting sound. After a short while I played music through the system and everything was back to normal gain.....hopefully this was just a blip but I have reported to Dev Support in case it recurs.
That’s about it!
