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    Digital Download Reference Thread

    Hi, Migo, You seem to know this old but good Weather Report Tale Spinnin'. I found two versions in Qobuz: One from "1975 Sony Music Entertainment Inc." with the same sleeve as your picture shows and one: "1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT" with a brownish frame around the picture. The latter...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    a few suggestions: 1) power down your iPad completely (by pressing the longish button on the top until you see the power down symbol) and restart. 2) try to start your devices in varying sequences: First WIFI then D-P; first D-P then WIFI. The iPad may be on all the time. 3) What iOS...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Download and install Air 2.1.1 and firmware 6.0.10.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Weiss INT203 Devialet recommended the Weiss and EAS from the beginning. In fact, in many audio circles, firewire (400 or 800) is considered much better for audio than USB. This is also the position in the Weiss white paper on digital audio.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    You should not forget that "no cable" is not "just air" beween sender and receiver. Wireless streaming is much more complex and involves many more parts that can fail (and degrade the signal) than cable based options.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Solutions to AIR problems defeat its purpose? I am really wondering what sense it makes to use wireless AIR connection if you have to place your router side-by-side or 1 or 2 meters from the Devialet or having to put a repeater close to the machine to make it work. Wireless 802.11 g/n norms...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    No going back to Linn DS I also had a Linn DS before the D-Premier. Linn is very much hooked on PC and Windows while I was running a Mac and an iPad as control point. Using the Mac together with the various apps on the iPad and the ethernet-connected DS was a nightmare. Regularly I spent 10...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Thanks IanG and Gorkitek. As you say, panel speakers tend to dominate rooms a lot and this is also my concern with the Quads. The Martin Logans I had years ago were at least "half" transparent but the Quads seem to be black intransparent panels. It's just their sound that's sooo good. Which...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Gorkitek: You mention using the D-P with Quads 2905. I am contemplating to get into "Quad country" after a stint with moving coil speakers. I had Martin Logan Sequels years ago and liked them very much. How well does the D-P drive your Quads? Do you think the 2805 would be a reasonable...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    The clocking just concerns the sound card (in this case the D-P). You can work other thing on your Mac in the meantime.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Yes, today it's working and also shows the uploaded settings of the old config file. The downloaded file is a real config and not an ".html". Maybe they were still working on the configurator when I tried it yesterday.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    New configurator doesn't work Today I tried the new configurator for 6.0.6. Needless to say that it requires more steps than before due to the different models that all may have a different connection config. I uploaded my settings file, but the configurator did not reflect its settings. So...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    May well be so. Unfortunately I didn't take note of where I read this... I understand that none of you have experienced any change to the worse with 6.0.6
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    I don't remember where exactly I read about a sound problem on the analogue inputs (line and phono) with the new firmware 6.0.6 Can anybody confirm there is a problem with the sound being worse than before?
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    OK, software certainly also plays a role.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    I agree with you that the mistake is at Devialet's side. But their prime mistake was to announce 24bit*96KHz streaming and mentioning a "good" or "dedicated" wireless network only in a side sentence. Customers took this seriously, not considering that the quality of transmission in their...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    I am talking about streaming from my Mac Pro, of course. I am running a 15m AES/EBU cable from my Mac in another room without an issue.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    In any case, cabling imo will always be a much more stable and reliable option. However, I am not sure if ethernet would really be a better alternative than a symmetric AES/EBU digital connection. I am using the latter most of the time and find its sound extremely good. If a cable, than a cable...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Does anybody know when and where the Firmware 6 will be available? It's not on their website and the week is over. I also never received any anouncement email from them, have others? And there is John Atkinson's review follow-up on the phono stage. He seems to be happy about it.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Thanks. After living with a PS-Audio P5 and several filters for a few weeks it is also my impression that D-Premier does not profit from power reconstruction or filtering or both. The sound does not get better, sometimes it worsened. Hence, any power conditioners would make sense only for...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    I would like to ask Devialet owners if they tried to run the D-P with a mains conditioning product like PS-Audio's PowerPlants or comparable product. The website says this shouldn't be necessary because the D-P eliminates power problems internally. I am aware of the fact that our experiences may...
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Well, yes, I could compare the two systems, albeit a year ago. Both systems fed the same material and driving the same loudspeakers. Given the long time, I wouldn't remember the details: the differences were miniscule, both on an extremely high level. At the end I decided for a Devialet.
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Somehow it looks like a half-exploded anti-tank mine.
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    Digital Download Reference Thread

    I see... I wasn't aware, though that you expect only US-Americans to post on, and read this site.
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    Digital Download Reference Thread

    Who's afraid of non-English languages? I am surprised to see this French language download site to be rarely mentioned: www.qobuz.com It's easy to navigate even if you don't speak the language. As you may know, many English words have French/Roman roots. Happy browsing!
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    Has anyone heard the Devialet D-Premier Integrated Amp/DAC

    Hi. I own the D-Premier for nearly a year now. It replaced a Linn Akurate DS (2011) renderer and Macintosh MA6900 amplification into Ayon Goshawk speakers. I was very happy with my Akkurate but the D-Premier beat even a trial setup with Linn Klimax DS and Klimax amplification (which, together...

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