First impressions

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If I spend $5K on this, I'd be pissed if Devialet comes out with a Phantom v2, better than the current one...

Let me make a (not very radical) prediction: within a couple of years Devialet will release something smaller, cheaper and 1000 times better.

I only partly have my tongue in my cheek -- there will inevitably be a better product at some point, be it from Devialet or someone else.  For what it's worth, I think you have to buy them or not based on whether you think they are a good thing as they are now.  And that even takes into account the fact that the firmware may (or may not) improve.