14-Jan-2016, 20:49
(14-Jan-2016, 02:13)deviousalet Wrote: Most important to me is what you think of the sound difference.
Beyond that I'd like to know anything technical that you can get out of them. For example:
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Also, since I know the answer to whether I have an extra €30k and so didn't order one, anything you can find out about trickle-down plans to the un-original models would be tantalizing.
Thanks, and enjoy!
I know that Guillaume has had his home demonstration today and will write up his views on this forum, which I am sure will be welcomed by members. Having had a brief chat with him, it sounds like his views and mine on the Od'A have much in common, despite the fact that I'd say that our approaches to listening do differ quite a bit! (This from someone who is still, in principle, signed up to the Quad philosophy that all competently designed amplifiers sound the same.)
Of more tangible importance, given the scarcity of the Od'A, are the answers to deviousalet's questions on the technical improvements and the feasibility and viability of drip down to the 800 and other models. Devialet may be commercially resistant, at this stage, of saying anything, but as the Od'A becomes a product of history, they would be maintaining/improving customer advocacy by being open on the feasibility and viability of extending these changes to new 800s and to existing 800 owners. Whether a feasible (partial?) retrofit will cost as little as £1,000 or as much as £5,000, this should be on their agenda, I hope.
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