12-Nov-2019, 19:36
"According to Devialet you now have to go by the MConnect app (UPnP) to get hi-res. The guy I had over the phone said Devialet did not want to be dependent of Streaming services anymore (Tidal etc...)."
This does kind of make sense from Devialets point of view - they don't have to incorporate Tidal or Qobuz login/user software into the Phantoms - hopefully it means they can concentrate solely on the musical side, maybe with EQ etc.
For us as end users it's a change of experience but I'm getting used to mconnect now - queue management is a little clunky but playing fine from everything I've thrown at it so far. I had tried to get IPENG - my favourite music player working with the phantom but with mixed success so it was back to mconnect for now.
There are other upnp apps out there though so it will be interesting to see what people recommend as DOS2 eventually overtakes DOS1 on the larger Phantoms.
kantblue
This does kind of make sense from Devialets point of view - they don't have to incorporate Tidal or Qobuz login/user software into the Phantoms - hopefully it means they can concentrate solely on the musical side, maybe with EQ etc.
For us as end users it's a change of experience but I'm getting used to mconnect now - queue management is a little clunky but playing fine from everything I've thrown at it so far. I had tried to get IPENG - my favourite music player working with the phantom but with mixed success so it was back to mconnect for now.
There are other upnp apps out there though so it will be interesting to see what people recommend as DOS2 eventually overtakes DOS1 on the larger Phantoms.
kantblue
