Devialet Dione
Devialet Dione: Two-minute review As soon as you look at the Devialet Dione you know it’s no ordinary soundbar. The appearance of a perfect sphere sitting proudly at the heart of a gracefully created valley in the Dione’s middle is like no other soundbar design we’ve seen. The nifty sculpting isn’t just for show, either. You can actually rotate the centre channel ‘Orb’ around in its mount so that the Dione can be mounted on either a wall or sat on a desktop without sound quality being affected. Sound is produced via 950W of claimed power pumping through a 5.1.2 channel configuration that includes a pair of up-firing speakers to support the Dione’s Dolby Atmos decoding. Despite being Devialet’s debut soundbar, the Dione uses its power and channel count to spectacular effect, producing a massive but also beautifully constructed and balanced soundstage underpinned by arguably the finest bass performance we’ve heard from a soundbar that doesn’t deploy an external subw...