a little aggrieved d400

[dkdavid]

The upgrade would cost me the same as buying the new pro model, so the discount irrelevant, my gripe is the way they new model was kept from me !

So you bought a 400 with a discount and if you decide to upgrade you will have spent the same as if you would have bought the upgraded version straight away? I don't see what the problem is here.
 
Look at this from Devialet's / The dealer's perspective; Say you listened to the 400 and liked it. You're in for a buy but you're waiting for the new version to come out. Two weeks later you walk past a different hifi store and decide to go in for a browse. You see an amp from a competitor and decide to have a listen. As it happens, this dealer has done a particularly good job at setting up the equipment and it sounds amazing. You buy it. Devialet looses the sale. You're just happy with your new amp and don't feel the slightest bit bad for what you've just done. 

The way I see it, you have the best of both worlds; You got a 400 on the cheap, which is a fantastic piece of equipment that you could easily live with for years to come, and you have the option to upgrade to the latest model for the same total cost of that new model. And you have a choice. You don't have to. Imagine if your budget was just enough to buy the 400 with the discount. Wouldn't you feel great you've scraped it in just before the price rise?

If I were you I would just enjoy the music. If it's 4 weeks old, by now it should have started to sound its best 

I have no problem with the quality and sound from the units, its all about choice, i was given no choice , this is not the way to look after customers, so to get the very best from my music , i will have to send the units off for an upgrade, so thats postage and insurance costs, time down without my system whilst its upgraded, so if i was given the choice ( to which i was not ) things would have been different, i see your point, but surely you can see mine ?
dave