Flac files over Bubble UPnP perked my interest. Then using high dynamic range recording on Zoom recorder, I was impressed. It was still soo clean at 100%.
Hi mate super review!!! My mate has one of these but I see online that this is about £2,600 and I am unwilling to spend so much on a speaker whilst still being a student. Do you think it is worth getting one of these second hand? Or is there risk getting second hand speakers? Once again, loved the review mate.
Excellent review man! thanks a lot! Do you think that for a small flat, it is worth buying just one? I'm looking for the best sound quality, for all kinds of music, also for movies and series, for a connectivity that will be mostly via bluethoot, and the mono/stereo thing worries me a little. I don't know if it's worth all that money! I´m looking also at Cabasse Akoya
I perform live with 2 keyboards and I sing. Can I connect this speaker to my setup ? I dont need alot of volume because I perform in small venues of about 50 people.
Hi, do you think it's possible to use the phantom reactor as a subwoofer using the 3.5mm input? I have a kef ls50w and using a rca-3.5mm cable can it be done? I wrote to devialet and they said it will have latency issues. Why is that?
I guess it depends on the size of the room. Honestly if I owned one, I would rarely max out the volume...so I think the 600 version would be enough for most people.
I'm not sure the speaker has the same sound pressure levels as say the JBL Party Box 1000, but it is very nice and offers a very detailed sound... I think the major turnoff with this featured speaker other than the price tag, basically it always has to be plugged into a wall!!! No built-in battery, so I can't go anywhere with this speaker :-(
I compare the Phantom reactor 600 to my Sonos Play 5 generation 2. The sounded similar with the Sonos having much better Bass. The Phantom reactor was more than twice the price and it went back to Devialet
What did you think of the video? Also here's that video I mentioned at the end 🔥th-cam.com/video/eDrzbSj6E9g/w-d-xo.html Also if you're interested in the NEW Phantom Reactor check this video out : th-cam.com/video/kiiq5lwDmKw/w-d-xo.html
No mics can represent that, binaural 2oyld be also great, but to get the best image of what it can do you would need to compare sounds to 3W pocketable speaker, 50W one and something more powerful and from distance about 50m. All at full volume.
@@WhatGear heard live performance, its like to listen with headphones but better in quality, and that was cheap bitrate bluetooth. Listening in wide field or loud environment is something else. Seen gold perform hearable after 200m here on utub, but still no comparison... dB means little comparison from afar to get idea about top performance is the best... well it needs space with less of people, doing it in the middl3 of town would be crazy. To describe in words reactor would be the beast, gold dangerous beast, need their environment to purr to the fullest.
@@WhatGear could try car ac/dc to power it in the wild. Should be safe as if it was testing gold, you would need probably to walk on other hill and yet hear it. To test gold you need 2 people as one may be 1-3km far(estimate in non windy weather). I'm sure for many will be reactor enough, just not me. This however needs one to think about where to listen first, time to consider moving/building house in remote location, you got to consider you will pair 22 of these 😂
Lol I wouldn't say ludicrous I'd say good and good bass for the size of the drivers but for the money you can get so much better maybe not the aesthetics side of things the thing is wireless is very convenient and tidy but it's not ideal great review though👏👌
so i am a composer and am searching for the best speakers i can get for my studio and everything is so expensive but those speaker aren't that expensive but i want to know can i connect it without Bluetooth because if i did there will some delay while playing the music what do you suggest
Hi! I was wondering if you could help me . I have the good phantom but its sometimes a bit tooo much in the studio! But do 2 900 phantoms stack up To 1 gold phantom?
Hei ! I'm wondering if anyone knows if the Phantom Devialet 900 can play with the Sonos music system, if I use a Sonos port. I want to have phantom speakers in the living room and sonos elsewhere in the house. Thanks
I'm sorry for that price, it seems weak. Look at what altech Lansing did for 350 usd lighting, thunder...come on...this is pretty cool, but waaaay over priced.
Please, please, please normalise your audio before you render it out. Music on the b-roll is so much louder than your vocal track. FX sounds are also banger.
It's better than any other speaker this size that I've listened to...but if its bass you're after. The regular phantom blew my mind when it comes to low end sound.
Power today is cheap. A speaker designer who has at his hands as much power as he wants can now produce a speaker that doesn't require box volume to produce low frequencies. Mid and treble is never a problem, never was. Now you can trade power for low frequency. The first to do this was Carver. Many have followed since. To move enough air is a physical constraint. The nature of the brain and ear allow for some cheats to give the impression of low bass by reproducing the overtones and removing the fundamental. The subjective impression can be the gain of an octave or so. Yet you can only get so small. I can categorically state here that regardless of how many patents this has - it has been done before, and done better in some cases. Maybe this is the first single speaker in a small volume cabinet to have a full band performance at 100db (which isn't that loud) with bluetooth etc. - but then most audio designers of the past were not looking for ''lifestyle'' products. That was furthest from the mind. A 1950s horn can go subjectively twice as loud as this with a 2 watt amplifier. This is what came from cheap power, it gave us smaller speakers, and this started in the 1960s with Edgar Vilchur and AR. PS that 50s horn and 6W triode WILL annihilate the Devialet in every area.
I've had my pair of 900W reactors for a few days now. The sound quality is mind blowing, but my right side reactor keeps dropping out and I have to reconnect very often. Its driving me crazy. Does anyone have any tips for maintaining a consistent stereo connection. I use a Bluetooth connection with my mobile to play music. Both reactors are plugged into the same wall socket and my network interface on both reactors is set to WI-FI. Ive tried Auto and PLC, they both drop out. Funny thing is, that its always my right side speaker that drops out, yet my Devialet app says the left side speaker is missing. Very strange. Any help would be much appreciated.
@@raressolomie9303 Apparently one speaker was faulty so they sent me a brand new one. Still had some problems but they have updated their software many times since then and the connection is much more consistent. One speaker will occasionally drop out, but its quite rare now so im much happier now. I can recommend these speakers now. Sound quality is mind blowing for the small form factor.
Nice job on the review, but here's my note: why not show a measurement of the sound on a 1/3 octave RTA with pink noise. If done properly (calibrated and proper distance), that would give an object measure of the sound quality. If it produces a nice curve with no more than 2-3 dB variance from one frequency to the next, that would tend to prove the quality and give you the ability of running comparison to other products tested. There's really no excuse not to now that calibrated (to the device) mics are available to run on phones and tablets with cheap apps. wouldn't cost you but around $100-200 for the set up. It's not just you, I don't see really anyone doing this, but why I have no idea!
900 watts? 300 watts rms stereo systems are way too loud enough to be compared to this, of course this tiny speaker it's powerful but no near 900 watts, well those who have one should test the power consumption with a watt meter, should be more than 1000 watts due to electronics heat dissipation ( never or impossible 100% efficiently electronics) plus those "900" watts. I bet they just use the stupid marketing way were real 100 watts rms systems are magically 10000 or 25000 watts PMPO that its just bullshit without any real meaning other than create a false sense of greatness, like i said this speaker its spectacular for its size but not even near that wattage.
Seriously. Is that all anyone knows about sound? Loud and bass. I'm pretty sure you can get loud bass cheaper. How about sound quality. Loud bass != quality.
You realize devialet is the only speaker whos bass doesnt shake the objects around. People comment about cheaper bass but don't understand the tech devialet uses. plus you can pair 32 of these soo
I’ve heard these at a showroom and it plays LOUD and I was pretty impressed. But for some reason the vocals from the midrange driver didn’t sound great. It was a single phantom so it’s very hard to tell and I would have loved to do a stereo test. But based on the single speaker I wasn’t impressed with the vocals coming from the driver. The low end however is VERY VERY impressive.
Trust me, sound quality is good! The thing about these speakers is the power output (I mean 600watts minimum or 900watts as featured!)also, it's distortion free at the highest volume! That's why it costs almost a grand!
I know of a speaker waaaaaaay better then that, it’s called any good sounding stereo system at a fraction of the cost ! Seriously people go out do some research and buy some old speakers and a good receiver or amplifier, these shit speakers only soak you in a head throbbing bass that really doesn’t sound very good mids and highs are completely thrown out the window for sub quality bass that’s it. I really don’t think these are worth $1500, you can spend 500 maybe even less for a fuck ton better in sound quality and functionality ! Watch out for snake oil people !
@@michalsavatar7 and you own a set ? have you ever owned a good stereo system before this ? if you've answered no to either or both of these questions then your comment is invalid !
the most authentic sound demo i have ever seen ..... trust me bro you rock in this (y)
Flac files over Bubble UPnP perked my interest. Then using high dynamic range recording on Zoom recorder, I was impressed. It was still soo clean at 100%.
Really good speaker, really loud , very good sound with decent bass 👍🏼😍
The best video I've seen, only other acceptable video would be speaker Toni, also a fantastic channel
Hi mate super review!!! My mate has one of these but I see online that this is about £2,600 and I am unwilling to spend so much on a speaker whilst still being a student. Do you think it is worth getting one of these second hand? Or is there risk getting second hand speakers? Once again, loved the review mate.
amazing review! love the fire test.
Great review! You're passionate about it :)
Yeh its an exciting product. I like unique stuff like this.
Just got mine yesterday, sound is really awesome !
Excellent review man! thanks a lot! Do you think that for a small flat, it is worth buying just one? I'm looking for the best sound quality, for all kinds of music, also for movies and series, for a connectivity that will be mostly via bluethoot, and the mono/stereo thing worries me a little. I don't know if it's worth all that money! I´m looking also at Cabasse Akoya
Do you recommend a pair of reactors for tv use over a sound bar? What is the voice clarity like for movies and tv?
I love your explaining and expressions, imma go get one!!
Depending on budget. It doesn't even touch the Gold
will purchase my second pair tomorrow!
That's awesome. Did you get a good deal?
@@WhatGear 1380 Euro for reactor 900
I perform live with 2 keyboards and I sing. Can I connect this speaker to my setup ?
I dont need alot of volume because I perform in small venues of about 50 people.
Nice review! Could you please do a comparison video with the Naim mu-so qb?
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That's an awesome idea
Qb2 please
I'll kill for one of this , can't aford it yet !
So you wouldn’t need Dolby atmos if you had 2 of these ?
A comparisson with the new soundboks would be great. Listening loud music, quiet and bass
Hi, do you think it's possible to use the phantom reactor as a subwoofer using the 3.5mm input? I have a kef ls50w and using a rca-3.5mm cable can it be done? I wrote to devialet and they said it will have latency issues. Why is that?
Nice video 👌 fully 👍 explained...
Thanks man. There's not many videos out there on this yet.
@@WhatGear yes bro..I watch one video of #unboxtherapy of same phantom reactor but it was white/gold ... Color ..
But you explain fully..
this is so quite amazing
It's really impressive! You have to hear it for yourself
The Devialet’s are so good… perhaps this is our first contact with aliens.
I'm so torn between one of these, the b&w formation wedge and the naim muso 2 or muso qb2, any advice please?? Cheers, great review!!!
Depends what you want it for. This one is for very loud & clean but lacks mid range. The others are very different.
I ended up getting the muso 2, love it!!!
Great video man, earned yourself a sub
Thanks dude. I try my best
Is the Phantom Reactor 600 enough or do we need the 900 model?
I guess it depends on the size of the room. Honestly if I owned one, I would rarely max out the volume...so I think the 600 version would be enough for most people.
Is reactor 600 enough for a room size 400 sq feet i.e 20 *20 feet
Yes the 600 is enough
It is exciting by looking like it will explode any second .
I'm not sure the speaker has the same sound pressure levels as say the JBL Party Box 1000, but it is very nice and offers a very detailed sound...
I think the major turnoff with this featured speaker other than the price tag, basically it always has to be plugged into a wall!!!
No built-in battery, so I can't go anywhere with this speaker :-(
I compare the Phantom reactor 600 to my Sonos Play 5 generation 2. The sounded similar with the Sonos having much better Bass. The Phantom reactor was more than twice the price and it went back to Devialet
SONOs sound flat sorry.
does devialet speakers need to do run-in or burn in?
So Amazing 😱
What did you think of the video? Also here's that video I mentioned at the end 🔥th-cam.com/video/eDrzbSj6E9g/w-d-xo.html Also if you're interested in the NEW Phantom Reactor check this video out : th-cam.com/video/kiiq5lwDmKw/w-d-xo.html
No mics can represent that, binaural 2oyld be also great, but to get the best image of what it can do you would need to compare sounds to 3W pocketable speaker, 50W one and something more powerful and from distance about 50m. All at full volume.
50meters 😲 I was my apartment was that big. I would need to take this thing outside to do that. I really like the idea though 👍
@@WhatGear heard live performance, its like to listen with headphones but better in quality, and that was cheap bitrate bluetooth. Listening in wide field or loud environment is something else. Seen gold perform hearable after 200m here on utub, but still no comparison... dB means little comparison from afar to get idea about top performance is the best... well it needs space with less of people, doing it in the middl3 of town would be crazy. To describe in words reactor would be the beast, gold dangerous beast, need their environment to purr to the fullest.
I'll have to try that. Although I would be a little worried about leaving such an expensive so far away from me.
@@WhatGear could try car ac/dc to power it in the wild. Should be safe as if it was testing gold, you would need probably to walk on other hill and yet hear it. To test gold you need 2 people as one may be 1-3km far(estimate in non windy weather). I'm sure for many will be reactor enough, just not me. This however needs one to think about where to listen first, time to consider moving/building house in remote location, you got to consider you will pair 22 of these 😂
Lol I wouldn't say ludicrous I'd say good and good bass for the size of the drivers but for the money you can get so much better maybe not the aesthetics side of things the thing is wireless is very convenient and tidy but it's not ideal great review though👏👌
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so i am a composer and am searching for the best speakers i can get for my studio and everything is so expensive but those speaker aren't that expensive but i want to know can i connect it without Bluetooth because if i did there will some delay while playing the music what do you suggest
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Hi! I was wondering if you could help me . I have the good phantom but its sometimes a bit tooo much in the studio! But do 2 900 phantoms stack up
To 1 gold phantom?
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Nick Limpz I'm following this conversation :) because I'm wondering the same thing
Can we connect it to the tv?
Yes you can via optical or if you have an amp you can wire it up.
Hi I was wondering if I could get a video demo of the speaker playing a song by Pretty Ricki or Eminem?
Hei ! I'm wondering if anyone knows if the Phantom Devialet 900 can play with the Sonos music system, if I use a Sonos port. I want to have phantom speakers in the living room and sonos elsewhere in the house. Thanks
What about the Altec Lansing XPEDITION 8?
I'm sorry for that price, it seems weak. Look at what altech Lansing did for 350 usd lighting, thunder...come on...this is pretty cool, but waaaay over priced.
It’s very cool…but pricey. I’d recommend spending a little more on the bigger one though
Please, please, please normalise your audio before you render it out. Music on the b-roll is so much louder than your vocal track. FX sounds are also banger.
Devialet owes Bob Carver a grip of money.
Zelaton Stage is pretty cool:)
I know its a small speaker but hows the low end?
It's better than any other speaker this size that I've listened to...but if its bass you're after. The regular phantom blew my mind when it comes to low end sound.
Looks like an alien technology
I tested the speaker in store but it didn't sound too loud. What could be the problem?
Most likely the source. It was incredibly loud when I tested it
@@WhatGear oh wow i was disappointed in the store because it didnt get that loud.
80..90...Boom!...100% music stops..
Power today is cheap. A speaker designer who has at his hands as much power as he wants can now produce a speaker that doesn't require box volume to produce low frequencies. Mid and treble is never a problem, never was. Now you can trade power for low frequency. The first to do this was Carver.
Many have followed since. To move enough air is a physical constraint. The nature of the brain and ear allow for some cheats to give the impression of low bass by reproducing the overtones and removing the fundamental. The subjective impression can be the gain of an octave or so. Yet you can only get so small.
I can categorically state here that regardless of how many patents this has - it has been done before, and done better in some cases. Maybe this is the first single speaker in a small volume cabinet to have a full band performance at 100db (which isn't that loud) with bluetooth etc. - but then most audio designers of the past were not looking for ''lifestyle'' products. That was furthest from the mind.
A 1950s horn can go subjectively twice as loud as this with a 2 watt amplifier. This is what came from cheap power, it gave us smaller speakers, and this started in the 1960s with Edgar Vilchur and AR.
PS that 50s horn and 6W triode WILL annihilate the Devialet in every area.
Gold phantom is a better name 😂😂😂
This SPEAKER is not available in india
I guess you could always import one...it's pretty expensive though
I had seen 1 musical buisness related guy in India have two phantom gold... I guess it was in insta
It is definitely available. Kindly check Avxcellence in Pune or their website
It is
It's available on Amazon India
I've had my pair of 900W reactors for a few days now. The sound quality is mind blowing, but my right side reactor keeps dropping out and I have to reconnect very often. Its driving me crazy. Does anyone have any tips for maintaining a consistent stereo connection. I use a Bluetooth connection with my mobile to play music. Both reactors are plugged into the same wall socket and my network interface on both reactors is set to WI-FI. Ive tried Auto and PLC, they both drop out. Funny thing is, that its always my right side speaker that drops out, yet my Devialet app says the left side speaker is missing. Very strange. Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi, did you solve your problem?
@@raressolomie9303 Apparently one speaker was faulty so they sent me a brand new one. Still had some problems but they have updated their software many times since then and the connection is much more consistent. One speaker will occasionally drop out, but its quite rare now so im much happier now. I can recommend these speakers now. Sound quality is mind blowing for the small form factor.
I want one so bad
I listened very carefully to yout test music and I must say this speaker does not sound even a bit better than my desktop PC speakers.
you clearly havent heard these speakers in person
Lol because you listen to it on your desktop speakers
Great sarcasm :)
Nice job on the review, but here's my note: why not show a measurement of the sound on a 1/3 octave RTA with pink noise. If done properly (calibrated and proper distance), that would give an object measure of the sound quality. If it produces a nice curve with no more than 2-3 dB variance from one frequency to the next, that would tend to prove the quality and give you the ability of running comparison to other products tested. There's really no excuse not to now that calibrated (to the device) mics are available to run on phones and tablets with cheap apps. wouldn't cost you but around $100-200 for the set up. It's not just you, I don't see really anyone doing this, but why I have no idea!
That sounds like something I should definitely look into. Thanks so much for the tip 👍
Only problem is the price!!
What do you think of the WhatHifi review for this?
Please, the test track name.....
It's from Damma Beats. You can find him on Epidemic sound
@@WhatGear Thank you , finally!
I gave you a thumbs down because I didn 't want to disrupt that "969"
900 watts? 300 watts rms stereo systems are way too loud enough to be compared to this, of course this tiny speaker it's powerful but no near 900 watts, well those who have one should test the power consumption with a watt meter, should be more than 1000 watts due to electronics heat dissipation ( never or impossible 100% efficiently electronics) plus those "900" watts.
I bet they just use the stupid marketing way were real 100 watts rms systems are magically 10000 or 25000 watts PMPO that its just bullshit without any real meaning other than create a false sense of greatness, like i said this speaker its spectacular for its size but not even near that wattage.
Gravastar blotooth speaker
Seriously. Is that all anyone knows about sound? Loud and bass. I'm pretty sure you can get loud bass cheaper. How about sound quality.
Loud bass != quality.
Have you heard one of these for yourself? If so I'd love to know what your thoughts are on it?
You realize devialet is the only speaker whos bass doesnt shake the objects around. People comment about cheaper bass but don't understand the tech devialet uses. plus you can pair 32 of these soo
I’ve heard these at a showroom and it plays LOUD and I was pretty impressed. But for some reason the vocals from the midrange driver didn’t sound great. It was a single phantom so it’s very hard to tell and I would have loved to do a stereo test. But based on the single speaker I wasn’t impressed with the vocals coming from the driver. The low end however is VERY VERY impressive.
Trust me, sound quality is good! The thing about these speakers is the power output (I mean 600watts minimum or 900watts as featured!)also, it's distortion free at the highest volume! That's why it costs almost a grand!
Super loud blutooth speaker
firssssst BTW
💥🔥💥💥🔥🎶
I know of a speaker waaaaaaay better then that, it’s called any good sounding stereo system at a fraction of the cost ! Seriously people go out do some research and buy some old speakers and a good receiver or amplifier, these shit speakers only soak you in a head throbbing bass that really doesn’t sound very good mids and highs are completely thrown out the window for sub quality bass that’s it. I really don’t think these are worth $1500, you can spend 500 maybe even less for a fuck ton better in sound quality and functionality ! Watch out for snake oil people !
Wrong. These speakers are mind blowing.
@@michalsavatar7 and you own a set ? have you ever owned a good stereo system before this ? if you've answered no to either or both of these questions then your comment is invalid !
600watts Not 900watts
There's two versions. This one was 900watts
Nice design. Too bad its made by the French
Understand you, I'm French and just bought my first Dyson, it was a difficult step forward... 😅