13-May-2016, 09:42
(This post was last modified: 13-May-2016, 09:44 by Hifi_swlon.)
(13-May-2016, 09:24)GuillaumeB Wrote: My view on this is that Devialet are highly unlikely to just change the DUET card/network board. Much more likely is a comprehensive upgrade to Mk2 with new class D board, PEM etc. In that scenario we are looking at more like 3.5k euros.
I don't have any privileged information on the subject by the way.
Guillaume
I hope they'll do it in parts if there is an upgrade plan - i.e. streaming board and/or the other hardware updates.
If they announced the streaming board would enable other options like Roon Ready (and they were committed to integrating it) then I'd be interested because I know that the Roon Ready program is quite strict and therefore it wouldn't get released unless it worked well I wouldn't rush in now as have other options, but I'd definitely be thinking about it - and I could justify a cost as the original D200 I bought never said it would include Roon integration so I'd essentially be paying for that. If they follow the model of most other brands at the moment, I assume they would offer their own branded playback system for free (which I guess would be Spark) and try and sucker people into a 'Devialet ecosystem', but then add in the ability to use whatever the user base cries out most for - be that UPnP or Roon or whatever of the other ones out there get requested.
I wouldn't be interested in €3-4K's worth hardware upgrades for the other stuff though, so if it was 'all or nothing' it would definitely be nothing for me...
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