Jean-Loup Afresne on Devialet’s Art of Engineering Endurance

Entering the foyer of Devialet’s largest flagship store in the Asia Pacific region — located at the Grand Hyatt Singapore — I am greeted by Jean-Loup Afresne, Devialet’s chief product and technical officer. We make our way towards the store’s immersive Listening Room, where the interview takes place opposite the Devialet Phantom Ultimate — the successor to the original Phantom first introduced a decade ago. This latest iteration is described as French acoustic engineering at…