06-Feb-2016, 11:04
(This post was last modified: 06-Feb-2016, 11:55 by Celts88.
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Well I went and put in an offer on the pair of D-Premiers and managed to get them for £4k 
Not going to complain as that's a saving of nearly £2.8k over a pair of D200’s (actually only £500 more than I was being offered a single D200)
I could essentially pay for the D-Premiers to be upgraded to a pair of D250's (D800 mono set) and all up would cost me £9.8k. A D800 mono set-up for just less than £10k, with a new 5 year warranty may not be a big deal in the UK, but here in Oz that's a brilliant price as RRP they are nearly £20k (yes, we get stung badly down here). That upgrade price is for a pair of Masters, as the D-Premeirs come with both remotes, so if in the future I had to sell, I could sell them as individual D250's (gives me a choice of keeping one if money is short).
I can’t afford the upgrade just now, but certainly going to enjoy the D-Premiers for the £4k (bit of a bargain if you don’t mind me saying). The D-Premiers still have 2½ years warranty left on them, so will hang of a bit longer and see if in the future there’s a new round of hardware upgrades, and jump in then.
I’ve got to wait another 2 weeks for the D-Premiers to arrive, and in the meantime will be looking to sell my Parasound A21 amp, Sanders Sound Preamp, Klein DAC, and assorted RCA & XLR interconnects. Also have a Paradigm CC-690 speaker that’s still in the box (bought 6 months ago, but never got round to setting-up yet). If I manage to sell all of these for a reasonable price I should be able to get the £4k together for the D-Premiers. Feeling really good that I can sell this gear and essentially do a swap to a pair of D-Premiers.
Appreciate all the advice and really can’t believe I’m now going to be part of the Devialet crowd (only 3 weeks ago I went and saw a D120, and now the owner of a pair of D-Premiers).
Great start to my weekend
Cheers
John
PS The dealer has just sent through a couple of photos from his phone of the Devialet's (not great photos, but certainly getting me excited with anticipation)
Not going to complain as that's a saving of nearly £2.8k over a pair of D200’s (actually only £500 more than I was being offered a single D200)
I could essentially pay for the D-Premiers to be upgraded to a pair of D250's (D800 mono set) and all up would cost me £9.8k. A D800 mono set-up for just less than £10k, with a new 5 year warranty may not be a big deal in the UK, but here in Oz that's a brilliant price as RRP they are nearly £20k (yes, we get stung badly down here). That upgrade price is for a pair of Masters, as the D-Premeirs come with both remotes, so if in the future I had to sell, I could sell them as individual D250's (gives me a choice of keeping one if money is short).
I can’t afford the upgrade just now, but certainly going to enjoy the D-Premiers for the £4k (bit of a bargain if you don’t mind me saying). The D-Premiers still have 2½ years warranty left on them, so will hang of a bit longer and see if in the future there’s a new round of hardware upgrades, and jump in then.
I’ve got to wait another 2 weeks for the D-Premiers to arrive, and in the meantime will be looking to sell my Parasound A21 amp, Sanders Sound Preamp, Klein DAC, and assorted RCA & XLR interconnects. Also have a Paradigm CC-690 speaker that’s still in the box (bought 6 months ago, but never got round to setting-up yet). If I manage to sell all of these for a reasonable price I should be able to get the £4k together for the D-Premiers. Feeling really good that I can sell this gear and essentially do a swap to a pair of D-Premiers.
Appreciate all the advice and really can’t believe I’m now going to be part of the Devialet crowd (only 3 weeks ago I went and saw a D120, and now the owner of a pair of D-Premiers).
Great start to my weekend
Cheers
John
PS The dealer has just sent through a couple of photos from his phone of the Devialet's (not great photos, but certainly getting me excited with anticipation)
1000Pro (Matte Black), Lenehan Audio ML5 Reference's, FoilTek Speaker Cable's, Paradigm Sub1, Entreq Poseidon, Antipodes CX, Roon (Lifetime), Curious Cable USB, Aqvox Switch, Gigawatt PC-3 Evo Se, Mad Scientist Link Cable (RCA/AES), PSC Power Cords
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