New Expert Configurator

[Jean-Marie]

I too, don’t think that Devialet is abandoning the expert pro line. 

It is still their flagship product and their top of the line solution. 

I know that what I will say is hard to receive by those affected by problems like the RAAT issue or bugs in the configurator, but I suspect the Expert is “suffering” from the fact that any improvement will be marginal and most certainly will not affect SQ nor the majority of its users. 

Therefore, I think that they are still caring about experts and their customers, it is just that if you have to decide where spending a given amount of software development to have the biggest impact, a mature product like the expert may not be the first one. 

My two cents,
Jean-Marie 

PS
I recently had the opportunity to listen and compare in the same room:

1. A Dione
   
2. A pair of reactor II 98dB
   
3. A pair of reactor I 108dB
   
4. A D250 with a pair of very high end two way speakers (15k + speakers)
   

In my opinion, the hierarchy of quality is very well respected, but with the improvement being marginal and absolutely not in proportion with the increase in cost, and (1), (2) and (3) are really impressive and something I live with without feeling any frustration.