14-Nov-2019, 19:28
(This post was last modified: 14-Nov-2019, 19:31 by superstock.)
Spark was a way forward and now it seems as though they've thrown in the towel on something that was part of the system I paid for. I'm not upgrading but feel the current offering is feature poorer and who the hell in serious HiFi listens to Airplay!!
I hope that support and downloads remain for SPARK and dialog, and that login changes are kept up to date with Qobuz etc and that my SPARK on MAC will continue to be patched as Apple constantly updates security patched/authentication.
The top feature of SPARK and Dialog is that my laptop didn't have to be a conduit for music data from NAS drive to radio and playback services. With UPNP and my mac being the centre of data flow my wifi is loaded to the max needing ethernet connection to download from the network/internet transfer to my pc and then to the Dialog often causing dropouts with high res music. Previously the dialog and phantoms did all of that themselves, Wonderfull!
Seeing reviews of sound character changes. Have they actually done this at the same time? It would be crazy to put all that out at the same time; anyway my Phantoms Golds have always sounded great even better than my silvers, however sound quality SQ is subjective and risks being deemed as much as a downgrade or an upgrade depending on your listening preferences. How can you improve on perfection? I'm not switching now with no way back until technical SQ improvements can be subjectively proved and auditioned.
I agree with many that Devialet know their weaknesses in software and thermal management of the Dialog design, but thats what they're paid to do with our money and giving up all together and the cynical spin put out by them to upgrade doesn't sit to well with me.
Bit of a rant but expect more in terms of functionality rather than less. I was looking forward to Highresaudio support from within the system but Devialet might as well gone pop and left Spark user to fend for themselves until all grinds to a halt.
I hope that support and downloads remain for SPARK and dialog, and that login changes are kept up to date with Qobuz etc and that my SPARK on MAC will continue to be patched as Apple constantly updates security patched/authentication.
The top feature of SPARK and Dialog is that my laptop didn't have to be a conduit for music data from NAS drive to radio and playback services. With UPNP and my mac being the centre of data flow my wifi is loaded to the max needing ethernet connection to download from the network/internet transfer to my pc and then to the Dialog often causing dropouts with high res music. Previously the dialog and phantoms did all of that themselves, Wonderfull!
Seeing reviews of sound character changes. Have they actually done this at the same time? It would be crazy to put all that out at the same time; anyway my Phantoms Golds have always sounded great even better than my silvers, however sound quality SQ is subjective and risks being deemed as much as a downgrade or an upgrade depending on your listening preferences. How can you improve on perfection? I'm not switching now with no way back until technical SQ improvements can be subjectively proved and auditioned.
I agree with many that Devialet know their weaknesses in software and thermal management of the Dialog design, but thats what they're paid to do with our money and giving up all together and the cynical spin put out by them to upgrade doesn't sit to well with me.
Bit of a rant but expect more in terms of functionality rather than less. I was looking forward to Highresaudio support from within the system but Devialet might as well gone pop and left Spark user to fend for themselves until all grinds to a halt.
