Devialet - Wikipedia

Devialet is a French audio technology company that produces a line of speakers (Phantom) and amplifiers (Expert). It was founded in 2007 in Paris. Devialet FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Frenchcompanyspecializinginaudioequipment Thisarticlehasmultipleissues.Pleasehelpimproveitordiscusstheseissuesonthetalkpage.(Learnhowandwhentoremovethesetemplatemessages) Thisarticlecontainscontentthatiswrittenlikeanadvertisement.Pleasehelpimproveitbyremovingpromotionalcontentandinappropriateexternallinks,andbyaddingencyclopediccontentwrittenfromaneutralpointofview.(April2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Amajorcontributortothisarticleappearstohaveacloseconnectionwithitssubject.ItmayrequirecleanuptocomplywithWikipedia'scontentpolicies,particularlyneutralpointofview.Pleasediscussfurtheronthetalkpage.(April2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Devialet" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(April2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) (Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) DevialetTypePrivateIndustryAudioFounded2007;15 yearsago (2007)inParisFoundersQuentinSanniéPierre-EmmanuelCalmelEmmanuelNardinHeadquartersParis,FranceKeypeopleFranckLebouchard(CEO)ProductsSpeakersAmplifiersHeadphonesWebsitewww.devialet.com DevialetisaFrenchaudiotechnologycompanythatproducesalineofspeakers(Phantom)andamplifiers(Expert).Itwasfoundedin2007inParis. Contents 1Companyhistory 2Products 3References 4Externallinks Companyhistory[edit] Devialetinitiallygotitsstartin2004whenco-founderandengineer,Pierre-EmmanuelCalmel,inventedhisAnalogDigitalHybrid(ADH)technology(whichisnowineveryDevialetproduct).Calmelofferedthetechnologytohisthen-employerNortel,but,whentheydeclined,hequithisjobtofocusonmakingaworkingprototype.Threeyearslaterhehaddevelopedanamplifierprototypeusingthetechnology.CalmelwaslaterjoinedbyQuentinSannié,EmmanuelNardinwhenhelaunchedDevialetinParisin2007.[1][2]Sanniéservedasthecompany'sCEO[3]withCalmelasCTO.[4] Itwasin2010thatthecompanyintroduceditsfirstproduct,anamplifiercalled"D-Premier."[5]In2010and2011,thecompanyraised€2.9million($4.1million)infundingfromaround80individualinvestors.InNovember2012,itwasannouncedthatthecompanyhadraisedanadditional€15million($19million)fromaninvestorgroupledbyXavierNiel(Free),Jacques-AntoineGranjon(Vente-privee.com),BernardArnault(LVMH),andothers.[6] InJune2013,thecompanyunveiledanupdatedversionofitsD-Premierampchanges(knownastheDevialet240)andtwonewlower-endversions,theDevialet110andDevialet170.[7]Inlate2014,thecompanyannouncedthereleaseofitsfirstspeaker,theDevialetPhantom.ThespeakerwasmadeavailableinEuropeinearly2015.[8]InJune2015,itraised€17.5million($20million)inanotherroundoffundingledbypreviousinvestors.ThepurposeofthisfundingroundwastobringthePhantomtotheUnitedStatesmarket.[9] InJune2016,thecompanyreleasedanupgraded"GoldPhantom"speakerwith4,500wattsofpowerthatwascapableofproducingsoundvolumesofupto108decibels.[10]Laterthatyear,itannouncedan"ImmersiveTheaterSystem"thatwouldmakeuseofseveralGoldPhantoms.[11] Devialetcontinuedupdatingtheirlineofamplifiers(nowknownas"Expert"),andinlate2016itintroducedtheExpertPROamplifierasahigh-endoption.[12]ThecompanyalsoopenedanoutletstoreinNewYorkCity.[13]InNovember2016,Devialetraised€100million($106million)inafundingroundledbyGinkoVentures,Foxconn,Jay-Z'sRocNation,AndyRubin'sPlaygroundGlobal,GroupeRenault,theSharpCorporation,andKorelyaCapitalamongothers.[14] InJuly2017,DevialetannouncedapartnershipwiththeBritish-basedmediacompanySky,tocreateasoundsystemcalledthe"SkySoundbox."[15]InOctober,itenteredintoa10-yearagreementwiththeParisOperatobuilda"sounddiscoveryroom"inthePalaisGarnier. InNovember2017,thecompanyreleasedanupgradedversionoftheoriginalPhantom.[16]Thefollowingmonth,itannouncedanotherpartnership,thistimewithRenaulttocreateacaraudiosystem.ItalsodemonstratedaprototypesysteminRenault'sSymbiozconceptcar.[17] InMarch2018,QuentinSanniésteppeddownasthecompany'sCEOandwasreplacedbyFrankLebouchard,amovethathadbeenplannedmonthsinadvance.[3]InOctoberofthatyear,itannouncedthePhantomReactorspeaker.[18]Asof2018,thecompanymaintains160patentsforitstechnologies.[19] InNovember2019,DevialetpartnerswithHuaweiandunveiledanewspecificallydesignedspeaker,theSoundX. [20]InJanuary2020,DevialetteamupwithBelkinforanewhi-fismartspeaker/wirelessphonecharger,namedtheSOUNDFORMELITE.[21] Products[edit] DevialetPhantomspeakerfrom2015. TheDevialetproducesarangeofwirelessspeakerscalled"Phantom"alongwitharangeofamplifiersknownas"ExpertPro."[2]ThePhantomlineisseparatedintotworanges,PhantomPremier(with3models)andPhantomReactor(with3models).[22]AllcurrentDevialetdevicesareequippedwithavarietyoftechnologies,mostnotably,AnalogDigitalHybrid(ADH).ADHcombineselementsofanalogamps(Class-A)anddigitalamps(Class-D)allowingforlargerwattageanddecibelpeaks.HeartBassImplosion(HBI)isatechnologythatprovidesbroadercoverageoflow-frequencysounds[23]andmimicsthepropertiesofasubwoofer.[8]SpeakerActiveMatching(SAM)isasignalprocessingmechanismthatanalyzesandadjustssoundsinrealtimeto"reproducetheexactacousticpressurerecordedbythemicrophone."TheActiveCo-SphericalEngine(ACE)referstothesphericalshapeofsomeDevialetdevices(namely,thePhantomspeakers)isanacousticarchitecturedesignedtodeliversoundineverydirection.[23] TheycollaboratedwithFreetoequiptheirTVset-topboxwithDevialetspeakers.[24]TheyalsocollaboratedwithSkytomakeasoundbox.[25] References[edit] ^Parkin,Simon(1March2017)."YourPhoneCouldSoonSoundasGoodasa$15,000Hi-Fi".Bloomberg.Retrieved25September2019. ^abO'Brien,Chris(10December2015)."InsideDevialet'splanstoconquertheU.S.audiomarketwithitsPhantomspeakers".VentureBeat.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^abDillet,Romain(5March2018)."DevialetisgettinganewCEO".TechCrunch.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Dillet,Romain(9October2018)."Devialetunveilsanambitiousnewspeaker".TechCrunch.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Guttenberg,Steve(17December2010)."Themostbeautifulamplifierintheworld?".CNET.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Georges,Benoît(12November2012)."Devialet,lapépitehi-fifrançaise,lève15millionsauprèsd'actionnairesVIP".LesÉchos(inFrench).Archivedfromtheoriginalon25August2015.Retrieved25September2019. ^Bembaron,Elsa(18June2013)."Devialet :lepetitfrançaisdusonélargitsagamme".LeFigaro(inFrench).Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^abConstine,Josh(23December2014)."Devialet'sHi-Tech"Phantom"ImplosionStereoSoundsBetterThanSpeakers20XItsSize".TechCrunch.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Tilley,Aaron(18June2015)."ConnectedSpeakerMarketHeatsUpWithSuperHigh-EndDevialetPhantom".Forbes.Archivedfromtheoriginalon9September2017.Retrieved25September2019. ^Seifert,Dan(28June2016)."Devialetjustdoubledthepowerofitsridiculouslyloudspeaker".TheVerge.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Gartenberg,Chaim(19September2016)."TheDevialetImmersiveTheaterSystemisalmostdangerouslyloud".TheVerge.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Nijman,Rob(5November2016)."DevialetExpertPro:eennieuwerevolutie?".Hifi(inDutch).Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Lopez,Napier(15November2016)."Devialet'sNYCstorebringsitsfuturistichi-fiaudiotoeveryone".TheNextWeb.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Lunden,Ingrid(28November2016)."High-endaudiomakerDevialetnabs€100MfromFoxconn,JayZ,Rubin'sPlaygroundandmore".TechCrunch.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13April2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Agnew,Harriet;Bradshaw,Tim(27July2017)."DevialetandSkyjoinforcesinsoundsystemdeal".FinancialTimes.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Hesse,Brendan(7November2017)."DevialettakesthingsupalevelwithitsPhantomElevatewirelessspeaker".DigitalTrends.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Dillet,Romain(12December2017)."DevialetbuiltacaraudiosystemforRenault'sSymbiozconceptcar".TechCrunch.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Wolfe,Sean(9October2018)."Thishigh-endFrenchaudiocompanyrevealeditsnewfuturistic-looking$1,000speaker—andbelieveitornot,it'sthemostaffordablemodelyet".BusinessInsider.Archivedfromtheoriginalon25September2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^Booth,Callum(2August2018)."TheDevialetGoldPhantomspeakerissexy,ugly,andloudaf".TheNextWeb.Archivedfromtheoriginalon14May2019.Retrieved25September2019. ^"DevialetpartnerswithHuaweifornewspeaker".TechCrunch.November26,2019.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonDecember6,2019.RetrievedNovember30,2019. ^"BelkinandDevialetteamupforasmartspeakerthat'salsoawirelesscharger".CNN.January7,2020.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonFebruary16,2020.RetrievedApril22,2020. ^Zaman,Jazib(28July2020)."DevialetBluetoothspeaker"PhantomReactor"Review".TechEngage.com.Archivedfromtheoriginalon28July2020.Retrieved28July2020. ^abChun,Rene(24June2015)."Review:DevialetPhantom".Wired.Retrieved25September2019. ^Dent,Steve(February23,2019)."Whycan'tallset-topboxesbeasstylishastheFreeboxDelta?".Engadget.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2020-11-08.Retrieved8August2020. ^May,Steve(17April2018)."SkySoundboxreview:AgreatupgradeforSkycustomers".WiredUK.Archivedfromtheoriginalon10September2019.Retrieved31October2020. 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