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So, instead, why not give the gift of Hi-Fi Plus this Christmas time. There's never been a better time to subscribe to a print, download or tablet edition of the magazine. Go to www.HiFiPlus.com for more information. And if you subscribe on iPad or Android, you'll save Santa's back for the important job of delivering Lego Star Wars R2-D2 kits, NERF guns and LeapPads to the kids. While Furby is
back in fashion, there's no sign of Gremlins this Christmas. At least not in
Toys 'R' Us. However, sometimes gremlins get in the way of making a magazine,
and that's galling. Especially when those gremlins are of your own making.
That's what happened last month with the Devialet 170 – I made a rookie
error of fairly substantial proportions. I did almost all the right things to
check the AIR wireless streaming. Set it to the right Wi-Fi device... tick!
Ensure the software was up to date... no problems. Remember to check the AIR
software was the very latest version... oh bugger! It's remarkable
how big a difference moving from AIR 2.0 to AIR 2.1 makes to the whole thing.
Just moving from one software version to the next spells the difference
between drop-outs and an extremely stable wireless streaming system. There are
a couple of tricks you can perform to Apple's Airport Extreme for those using
a computer at the limits of its range, but real mortals in rooms that aren't
the size of a small principality will find the Devialet AIR extremely stable.
Drop-outs are a thing of the past on the 170, and I'm now awaiting my re-modelled
D-Premier/240 and am expecting great things from its AIR network, too. Our unreserved
apologies to Devialet, to Devialet owners and prospective owners who might be
worried about waiting for the shoe to drop (out), only for it to never happen. In addition, in
the room acoustics feature of issue 103, we ended up placing the wrong images
in the text, making it seem as if Acustica Applicata's DaaD's were Soften
panels and vice versa. We apologise for any confusion caused and, as a result,
will revisit the DaaD room treatment system in a forthcoming issue.
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