The French manufacturer has succeeded very well with the attention surrounding their products. Both integrated amplifiers with digital technology and the fresh Phantom active speaker has received much credits and praise in HiFi press.
Ourself we have on many occasions had the pleasure of listening to Devialet amplifiers hitched many different speakers well into the six figures spheres, from manufacturers like Von Sweikert , Avalon , Sonus Faber and Vivid Audio .
Now Devialet present version 8 of Firmware for amplifiers his, a fw upgrade that is very ambitious. And it must also be that V8 undeniably has a reasonably potent sound of the name.
RAM stands for Active Record Matching , and is a technology that adapts curves in RIAA-stage to the different recordings. There are currently 11 finished curves available:
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RIAA 1953
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RIAA 1976
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NAB
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RCA
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COLOMBIA
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EMI
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AES
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DECCA
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L`OISEAU
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LYRE
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TELEFUNKEN
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CAPITOL
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MGM
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ESOTERIC
MAT stands for Minimal Arithmetic Transform , and is the DSD-engine In Devialet. In V8 DSD64 (1x) is supportted via USB and all high-capacity digital inputs.
SAMV2 is version 2 of the Active Speaker Matching, and should be improved to adapt to complex loudspeaker constructions.
Intelligent Cinema Mode is a DSP program adapted to movies.
You can download the White Paper on Devialet with Firmware V8 here .
Read more about the Firmware V8 at Devialet.