Long time, no see.
The search for a sibling for the first generation Phantom Silver is still ongoing. Seems like the marked for damaged Phantoms have dried up after Devialet started offering the repair service. No wonder actually. While looking for French high tech plastics I stumbled upon some old English DSP dinosaurs, a pair of Tannoy Precision 8 iDP monitors with a TS112 iDP subwoofer, at a very tempting price. These speakers were quite high tech back in 2008, and the one and only review I found was favourable. I jumped the wagon and after a week some pretty big and right out ugly speakers landed in the den.
My wife was not pleased. Compared to the small and good looking KEF LSX the dinosaurs were enormous and hideous. But connected to a Yamaha WXC-50 and a Chromecast Audio as a Roon endpoint the sound was surprisingly good. The LSX/T-Zero combo, which sounds really nice, couldn't compare. So, while waiting for another Silver to complete the setup in the den, the Tannoys have replaced the LSX/T-Zero combo as temporary speakers.
As for my Phantom collection, it could be better.
Three dummies, a working first gen Silver and a faulty second gen. Hopefully another spare will emerge soon.
I wish you all a pleasant and well sounding summer holiday!
The search for a sibling for the first generation Phantom Silver is still ongoing. Seems like the marked for damaged Phantoms have dried up after Devialet started offering the repair service. No wonder actually. While looking for French high tech plastics I stumbled upon some old English DSP dinosaurs, a pair of Tannoy Precision 8 iDP monitors with a TS112 iDP subwoofer, at a very tempting price. These speakers were quite high tech back in 2008, and the one and only review I found was favourable. I jumped the wagon and after a week some pretty big and right out ugly speakers landed in the den.
My wife was not pleased. Compared to the small and good looking KEF LSX the dinosaurs were enormous and hideous. But connected to a Yamaha WXC-50 and a Chromecast Audio as a Roon endpoint the sound was surprisingly good. The LSX/T-Zero combo, which sounds really nice, couldn't compare. So, while waiting for another Silver to complete the setup in the den, the Tannoys have replaced the LSX/T-Zero combo as temporary speakers.
As for my Phantom collection, it could be better.
Three dummies, a working first gen Silver and a faulty second gen. Hopefully another spare will emerge soon.
I wish you all a pleasant and well sounding summer holiday!
Living room: Kii Three/BXT with Control.
Den: Tannoy Precision 8 iDP with TS112 iDP subwoofer.
In the cupboard, waiting for a sibling: 1st gen. Phantom Silver running DOS1
My Phantom Voyage
Den: Tannoy Precision 8 iDP with TS112 iDP subwoofer.
In the cupboard, waiting for a sibling: 1st gen. Phantom Silver running DOS1
My Phantom Voyage
