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Devialet , the French society at the intersection of audio applied science and luxury , is known for its egg - shapedPhantom speakers , but the company ’s first product was in fact an audio recording amplifier that you could plug in to bear - alone speakers .
After releasingsoundbars , portable speakers , wireless earbuds , the venture - backed company is now break back to its roots with a young amplifier — the Devialet Astra .
“ With these new technologies , you’reinthe sound . This used to be reserved to professional studio apartment , but now you may have it at menage , ” Devialet ’s newly appointed CEO , Jacques Demont , say at a insistency group discussion .
However , hazard are you ’re not going to recognise an Astra at your Quaker ’s home anytime soon . Devialet ’s amplifier remains a lavishness item , with the fundament model retailing at € 16,000 ( around $ 17,300 at today ’s exchange rates ) .
The newfangled product occur just a few days after French business magazineChallengesreported that Devialet was inadequate on hard currency . Over the past few eld , in addition to traditional fairness round , Devialet has secure debt facilities , and allot to Challenges , the company is trying to find an agreement with its principal creditor to raise a new round and pay back some of its creditors .
Coming back to the ware , the Devialet Astra is comparatively thin for an audio recording amplifier . It has a brushed aluminum casing with an art deco - inspired seamed design around the edges , and features a small rounded screen on the top . You also get a wireless remote .
When it come to specification , the Devialet Astra packs a preamplifier , an amplifier , a DAC , a streamer , and a phono point . A single Astra can ram speaker unit at 2 x 300W big businessman under 4Ω — you could pair two Astra amplifiers together .
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The Devialet Astra also assume advantage of some of the fellowship ’s proprietary technologies . For instance , Devialet claims it can strain high audio volumes with low deformation . The company has also put together a database of 1,200 dissimilar speakers so that the amp can fine-tune its audio signaling to voice well with your speakers .
In addition to good old wires , Astra supports AirPlay , Google Cast , Roon Ready , Spotify Connect , Tidal Connect , and UPnP via WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 .
Devialet is also introducing a Modern package stack that will assist as the base for all future Devialet intersection . permit ’s hope these coming products come sooner rather than later so that Devialet can turn over things around .
