I fancied a bit of a Radio Paradise to warm the amps (and my hearing). A track by David Crosby called Laughing is on.
I'm setting here spellbound....entranced..... from cold, the Ds are sounding superb. The Sundays-Here's Where The Story Ends has just come on. Harriet Wheeler's voice has always stirred senses in my nether regions,
and here and now, she's sitting in my front room, right in front of me singing to me!
Oooohh...
All this from a low bitrate stream, via Sonos through the Crystal that came with the amp, BNC S/P Dif connection to Mutec AES/EBU into the Dev. I wonder whether SQ will improve further.
My personal thoughts are that my upgrade was well worth the price, considering the replacement of the entire internals, refurbished remote, new packaging, another Crystal interconnect, AQ power cables, five year guarantee.
More gloves, cleaning cloths, carry bags. A couple of SD cards. Just as if you'd bought it brand new.
I worked out that my first 200, the Companion added later, then this upgrade has cost me £12800. £820 more than a new 440 Pro.
Shouldn't be long before you other guys get your various upgrades back from France. You are in for a treat!
I'm setting here spellbound....entranced..... from cold, the Ds are sounding superb. The Sundays-Here's Where The Story Ends has just come on. Harriet Wheeler's voice has always stirred senses in my nether regions,
and here and now, she's sitting in my front room, right in front of me singing to me!Oooohh...
All this from a low bitrate stream, via Sonos through the Crystal that came with the amp, BNC S/P Dif connection to Mutec AES/EBU into the Dev. I wonder whether SQ will improve further.
My personal thoughts are that my upgrade was well worth the price, considering the replacement of the entire internals, refurbished remote, new packaging, another Crystal interconnect, AQ power cables, five year guarantee.
More gloves, cleaning cloths, carry bags. A couple of SD cards. Just as if you'd bought it brand new.
I worked out that my first 200, the Companion added later, then this upgrade has cost me £12800. £820 more than a new 440 Pro.
Shouldn't be long before you other guys get your various upgrades back from France. You are in for a treat!
Project Eperience X Pack with Ortofon Rondo Red MC, Oppo BDP 105D, 2 x Sonos Connect, QNAP HS251+ NAS with 2 X 6TB Western Digital Red, Mac 5K 32GB running Lifetime Roon, iPad Pro 12.9" for remote control. Etalon Ethernet Isolator, Devialet 440 Pro CI, Sonus faber Olympica ll with Isoacoustics Gaia ll feet, Auralic Taurus Mkll headphone amp., Denon AH-D5000, Sennheiser HD600 and HD800 with Cardas cable, Van Den Hul The First Ultimate and Crystal interconnects, Furutech power cables, GSP Audio Spatia speaker cable.
South Coast England
