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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2015, 02:41:46 PM »
Never heard the phantom, but the D-Premier was seriously the worst purchase I ever made.  And the way joeexp describes the Phantom, the D-Premier made my existing speakers sound like that.  Just awful. 
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2015, 11:03:03 AM »
Quote from: Tari on May 27, 2015, 02:41:46 PM
Never heard the phantom, but the D-Premier was seriously the worst purchase I ever made.  And the way joeexp describes the Phantom, the D-Premier made my existing speakers sound like that.  Just awful. 
Ouch, sounds brutal.  I read somewhere on another forum that the bass is tight and goes low but the tweeter is screeching.  Some people are ok with it because they said it sounded better than their system which justified the price but others who had better sounding systems said they didn't like the uneven sound. 
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2015, 06:04:07 AM »
Just a hypothesis. Perhaps this is a case of a large R&D budget that should produce a superior product. Physics gives the designers the screw job but it still has to go to market. I am sure this hypothesis will be tested soon and often.
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2015, 07:51:35 AM »
Yeah I agree.  I'm hoping for more reviews from others.  I think it looks cool and if it lives up to the hype I'm fine with getting one. 
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2015, 09:56:01 AM »
Heard these a couple of days ago... big disappointement... sound was crap... not even worth trying to describe.
The surprising thing was that. from a feature perspective, it didn't look like a finished product... the app to be used to control these was far from user friendly as well...

Stay away from this crap!
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2015, 02:41:10 PM »
Thanks for the personal experience.  So far I've read in other forums the same reaction to these. 
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2015, 07:32:56 PM »
Heard them a week or so ago. Wasn't too incredibad. Sounded plasticky and the local hi-fi shop guys didn't like the Phantom due to the lack of cables that go with the speaker.
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2015, 11:08:41 PM »
Yeah, its suppose to run off an app for wireless ease.  So far I haven't seen any positive reviews other than the bass was good haha. 
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2015, 12:12:04 AM »
I read somewhere they have a budget of around $25M allocated for marketing of the Phantom.
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Re: Devialet Phantom
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2015, 12:20:20 AM »
Not sure if it's due to the recording equipment, but it certainly sounds like  poo

An insult to Michael Jackson's music.

Even the soundblaster roar sounds better imho.

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