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RE: News from HK dealer -Expert 1000PRO - SwissBear - 25-Jun-2016 (25-Jun-2016, 09:57)Confused Wrote: Mainly on a D800. Although I did hear the Aurender N10 via USB then AES/EBU, then a Melco N1Z & N1ZH in a quick fire demo using the O'dA, this was at Oxford Audio's streamer event. Consensus in the room that day was the Aurender via AES/EBU was preferred over the Aurender via USB. I didn't hear equivalent music via the Aurender vs the Melco. So at least it looks like the AES/EBU vs USB hierarchy remains similar. Do we know for sure the O'dA has the new DAC ADH intelligence etc? Although, I know from the recent pictures, the ADH board ine O'dA does look like the one in the 'PRO'. We don't know anything for sure, but what we know is :
RE: News from HK dealer -Expert 1000PRO - warpeon - 25-Jun-2016 (25-Jun-2016, 09:23)octaviars Wrote:(25-Jun-2016, 07:26)johnsap Wrote: another devialet expert hardware upgrade in 2017 ? I spoke with the HK dealer. the streamboard will be "free" with the pro upgrade during the "initial upgrade promotion" for an undisclosed "limited time." (I put all these in " " as I believe it will be treated like the original wifi board. The wifi board was an add-on option, but eventually included in every expert.) The tentative upgrade price for a le200 is in line with what we have heard (price is inclusive of shipping back to France for the retrofit). I guess with Brexit may impact final price from the forex. This may impact the final price for non-EU countries. They aren't sure of the logistics yet (timing of the upgrade, how long it will take to process, etc), details to be flushed out. RE: News from HK dealer -Expert 1000PRO - Confused - 25-Jun-2016 Ah.... Brexit. I think one effect of Brexit will be to add volatility to the currency markets, currency markets simply love uncertainty, and there is a LOT of that around now. I would suggest that Devialet simply offer the upgrades to the UK at Euro prices, nice and simple. You could then choose to trigger the upgrade during one of the more optimistic weeks in the currency market. However, I strongly suspect that Devialet will deal with currency uncertainty by simply sticking a big fat margin on UK prices. I guess the same applies internationally, I'm sure the impact of Brexit may be felt elsewhere. Time will tell, it's easy enough to work out at least. RE: News from HK dealer -Expert 1000PRO - Dr Tone - 25-Jun-2016 (25-Jun-2016, 09:13)Confused Wrote: Anyway, I had a thought..... When I read 8bit vs 10bit I think in terms of color displays. Most monitors these days are 8 bit panels and can display a certain finite amount of colors. 10bit panels expand that color pallet. Way more shades of red as an example. Digital cameras are capable of capturing a wider range of colors than most monitors are capable of displaying, so these more expensive 10bit monitors are used by professionals to get a more accurate representation of the colors captured by a camera. If I read between the lines, a richer, wider and more detailed analog output from the Devialet is what I expect. But only time will tell. That said, I think this really has nothing to do with streamers and content fed to the Devialet as it will still be working in it's usual 24/192kHz PCM domain or hopefully 24/384kHz now. It wouldn't make all streamers sound alike unless they have found a way filter out all parasitic noise and have some magical reclocker technology making all inputs sound exactly the same. That's my take on it anyway. |