Upgrade program kick-off

[Confused]

I can't comment on the 220 Pro, I have not yet had the chance to hear one.  However, based on my audition of the 1000 Pro versus the D800, I have to say that the 'Pro' improvements are vastly greater than any differences between firmware, the Pro was a step up, moving to another class of performance.  In fact, I have just double checked the post I made after the 1000 Pro audition, I wrote 'the Pro is one big step up'.  Then in the Devialet alternatives thread, after listening to the Chord DAVE and dCS Debussy DAC's I wrote 'I have to say, that taking everything into account, the Devialet's functionality, versatility and the shear performance of the Pro, it's a slum dunk victory for Devialet.'

So there you go!

I wasn't ruling your comments out Confused (just in case you took it personally) and they've been well and truly noted.  But yours was prior to Rufus 'laying down the gauntlet', and also a bit higher up the ladder than us down at the 200 level. Your jump was Pro, plus about 200W, and all x2 because of the monos.

Still, you didn't cry. So far only Pim has given us the ultimate feedback, and that was with an OdA.  

No, I didn't take it personally!  In fact, I'm kind of with you and Rufus in that I'm very surprised that we've made it all the way to mid October with so few reports of the Pro amps.  OK, there have been one of two posts, but nothing near the number I was expecting by now.


As for my audition of the 1000 Pro, I do actually recall getting a bit emotional at one point.  Does that count?  It might just have been my hormones of course.