Upgrade program kick-off

[Axel]

My upgraded 440 PRO arrived home today, 1 day earlier than scheduled delivery which was a surprise. The UPS tracking system last update was that my 440 PRO had cleared customs yesterday and no further updates had been recorded to advise it was being delivered, anyway it was a nice surprise. 

I haven't placed the master and companion in my rack and connected up yet, I will do this tomorrow when I have more time. 

However, I did unbox my 440 PRO. The units look brand new, obviously have had a polish, although they did leave here in a new condition anyway. The remote has also been polished and dial seems to feel the same when turned, they installed new batteries, but that appears to be all that has been done to the remote. I received the stock black "kettle" type power cables, this doesn't matter to me as I will use me PS Audio AC5 power cables, but it does bother me as I believe I paid for the Audioquest power cables as part of the upgrade and should have received these. I had read here on the forum that some here in Australia had reported getting the stock power cable also, Celts I think reported this with his 250 PRO upgrade, the Audioquest power cable appears to be only supplied to Europe, US & Canadian upgrades from my reading of posts here. When I made the upgrade purchase, I did email Devialet about whether I would get the Audioquest power cable and I receive an email back from Oceane "Sure you will get new power cables" so didn't answer the question about if I would get Audioquest cables, which is annoying, why don't Devialet just be honest and upfront and say that they can't supply Audioquest power cables with an Australian plug. I would probably accept that as being the case and say no more about it. But having thought about it, others are getting the Audioquest cable, I believe I paid for that cable and should get a refund of the equivalent of the cost of these cables. Had I received the Audioquest power cable I may have sold them on and got some money back for them! 

I also got the stock Crystal S/PDIF cable, again I'm sure I have read here that upgraders are receiving an Audioquest S/PDIF cable. Again, doesn't matter to me as I use my Audioquest Diamond to connect the Master to Companion, but repeat my comments as per the power cable on this.

I prefer the look of old LE400 power button to the new 440 PRO power button.

Anyway, got the day off work tomorrow, looking forward to setting up my 440 PRO and seeing how it sounds. I will report on my listening impressions over in the other appropriate thread.

I think everyone got the Crystal interconnect, but some got an Audioquest trigger cable, which I think is where you got your wires crossed (sorry ).