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RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Flashman - 01-Jun-2018 (01-Jun-2018, 13:34)Confused Wrote: Regarding @Flashman's comment that the Expert line will never see an upgrade again, I am not so sure. I think if something was developed for the Pro, but it would happily work on the Expert, I suspect they would roll it out for everyone. Why not? (The answer to "why not?" might be mean spirited commercial considerations, of course)@Confused Sure hope your conjecture is correct! RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Flashman - 01-Jun-2018 (01-Jun-2018, 13:24)Peter van der Laarse Wrote: Hi all,Hi Peter, That's quite an interesting response. My summary: 1) Devialet Expert (non-Pro) upgrades are in the past. But it's a damn good product as is! 2) The Devialet folks are not good software planners (hmmm, it this a French vs Dutch thing?) 3) For proper playback of digital, you need to pay attention to the chain, i.e., quality CAT7 cables (uh, there's a can of worms), shielded mains, proper power supply, etc. Forgoing the headphone discussion, another shout-out for the Dev200 series (not sure whether you meant both the Expert and Expert Pro). Have I correctly summarized? Cheers, Flashman RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Rodney Gold - 01-Jun-2018 My D premiers have benefited with just about all upgraded firmware and I can still upgrade to a 1000pro if I wanted any features missing on mine or to get to the latest and greatest Features that I want could most likely still apply to them , a decent app , offline on the fly configuration, a digital effects loop and a 3-5 band parametric RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - GuillaumeB - 01-Jun-2018 (01-Jun-2018, 17:33)Rodney Gold Wrote: My D premiers have benefited with just about all upgraded firmware and I can still upgrade to a 1000pro if I wanted any features missing on mine or to get to the latest and greatest Rodders have you no ambition?! A 1k Pro?? Lawrence Dickie and Devialet have collaborated to create the perfect digital crossover for your speakers. Guillaume RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Rodney Gold - 02-Jun-2018 You need a trinnov box for the X/over ..altitude 32 at eu 20k.. and I would need a further 6 amps at eu 70k or so...ouch!!!! Spoke to dickie about it .. he recons its an improvement going fully active...but not by much RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Confused - 02-Jun-2018 I had a thought regarding the fully active super system. The treble / presence range (880Hz +) is handled by a single 250Pro on each side. Yet we are told that the dual mono sounds better, lower distortion and so on. OK, I guess there is nothing to stop you (other than yet more cash) substituting the 250Pro's with 1000 Pro's, but would not a pair of 440Pro's do a better job for more or less the same cash? The 440Pro would have the benefit of the dual mono's lower distortion, and would actually have more power. I can only assume that they have gone for the 250Pro as it looks nicer, with consistent looks with the 1000Pro. When the 400 Expert was first introduced I asked Mathieu Pernot which sounded best, the 250 or the new 400. I was a 250 owner at the time, and Mathieu's answer was clear, the 400. I presume the same logic holds for the 440Pro versus 250Pro. RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Hifi_swlon - 02-Jun-2018 Some interesting responses above. FWIW I’ve got a pro so would likely get the latest updates (if I ever felt the CI was stable enough or decided I wanted to be an alpha-tester). My post was more about the non Pro and the promise of the EVO platform constantly evolving. Which at one point it did - less so when I got mine (judging by historical forum posts) but still there were numerous updates. Then nothing of any note. For 1-2 years. Having seen Devialet discuss the motivation for developing the CI board to simplify their software development (by putting phantom and expert on the same platforms) the lack of updates would appear to imply development has stalled and non pro updates will be very limited or non existent going forwards. Devialet are incredibly lucky that they have so many loyal devotees. They’re clearly completely ignoring their EVO promises Experts were sold with. As for my toaster or other appliance updating - no i don’t expect them to - but then the manufacturers didn’t market/advertise them on that basis. Roon software did, however, and that evolves constantly as advertised. I guess I just think companies should honour their promises. Old school maybe. RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Pim - 02-Jun-2018 (02-Jun-2018, 06:52)Rodney Gold Wrote: You need a trinnov box for the X/over ..altitude 32 at eu 20k.. and I would need a further 6 amps at eu 70k or so...ouch!!!! That's something I wasn't aware of Rodney. I was under the impression that Devialet could program their amps to do all the crossover stuff internally. So if it isn't than this whole setup is a bit of a joke because you can do the Trinnov thing with any other set of power amps. BTW, we're way off topic here. This is meant to be the bitching about Devialet thread and this conversation should be in the Munich thread. Maybe we should just swap the names around RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - GuillaumeB - 02-Jun-2018 (02-Jun-2018, 09:05)Pim Wrote: I was under the impression that Devialet could program their amps to do all the crossover stuff internally. Me too!! Guillaume RE: New Expert Firmware (non CI) with amazing new features released! - Hifi_swlon - 02-Jun-2018 As for the ‘6 stack active Devialet system’, there have been some bargains to be had the past months with a dealer selling six 250 Pro CI’s quite cheaply. The reason - someone didn’t like the exact system mentioned above. Can’t be that great..... |