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The app was much easier to use but still has issues.
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Do they think no one ever sells these speakers? Being smart, I put in a random serial number and got through. I gave it the serial number and if of course tells me it is in use.
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Went to download the app but it asked me to register. I was however able to select Analog input with Pure mode which is the factory preset for "flat" response.
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Even after reading the manual and watching a video, I still could not figure out how to interact with it. What is not workable is the non-intuitive user interface involving that clickable rotary encoder. There is an OLED display which while small, is workable. I used analog input however for my testing. The views expressed by the columnist are personalĬonnect with us on facebook.We are now at a price point where digital input (and pass-through) are provided. That might just be more joy than my ears can handle. I can’t wait to hook on both Pearl speakers as a stereo set-up and watch a movie. This also means an active wireless speaker can put complicated audio equipment that costs many thousands of dollars more to shame. The good part is, the entry of the Cabasse Pearl makes this category that much better. In fact, some tracks played so well that we discovered new parts to certain tracks we hadn’t heard before. The Pearl was more vivid with outstanding mid-range, voice reproduction and the bass was exceptional. I cannot say it blew the Phantom out of the water, but it did make sound feel alive and harmonious and happy. The Cabasse Pearl won, and won quite effectively. We played around with the two for over four hours. Each track would be played and rated on both speakers.
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Our tests were going to be done with wav files as well as with Bluetooth and streaming. The Pearl has a sound output rating of 118dB but could it beat it in sound clarity? Time for a face off! Devialet called the Phantom Gold the most powerful wireless speaker in the world Both the Phantom and the Pearl were in launch mode. We had two but I wanted to pitch the Phantom versus the Pearl in similar circumstances. Set-up was easy, the app is simple to use and each comes with a remote control. In looks, this is a speaker truly from the future. It’s almost perfectly spherical, 32cms tall, with a highly polished outer surface and sits in its own ring. Opening the box was quite an experience and picking up the Pearl to set it up was a two-person job. Cabasse Le Sphère speakers have been spoken about in audio circles in hushed tones for their performance and price (priced at around USD 200,000 they have their own demonstration room on the fifth floor of Harrods). The only things I knew about the Cabasse Pearl was that they were a French company and that they have been doing this kind of stuff for years but for a very different audience. Two large and heavy boxes landed in our test area. One category has seen the most innovation and technology: premium wireless speakers For years the Phantom has ruled the roost. They said it could drown out the sound of a jet taking off and I could believe it. Devialet called the Phantom Gold the most powerful wireless speaker in the world and backed it up with a 4500 watt and 108 dB SPL performance. The sound was incredibly rich, the mids were pure, it could play at dangerously loud volumes with no distortion and the bass was the kind where you started to hunt for a separate subwoofer only to realise that it was all coming from within the Phantom. My first encounter (I have to call it that) with the Phantom was around three years ago. Now it has a new and very worthy contender. Till now, the king of this category was the Devialet Phantom. They need no extra equipment as the amps and all other stuff is built in, have multi-room capabilities, have a form factor that makes them very distinct, play everything and have their own app. It’s an amalgamation of everything that the audio world has to offer.
But one category has seen the most innovation and technology. The hottest category is TWS earbuds active noise cancellation headphones are a different category altogether Bluetooth speakers have been in demand and even traditional speakers are now experimenting with flat form factors and different technologies. Warm and classic was better than new and innovative and, at the end of the day, all speaker technology was dismissed as ‘moving air’ so no real breakthrough was required. Loudspeakers had technology from a 100 years back and people were still thrilled by them and even loved it if someone made something even more old school. For years, audio played along legacy lines. Audio in the last few years has done a complete about turn.