12-Jun-2014, 14:15
Wow Antoine you did not buy the Devialet to simplify your system did you!
I have had my 2 D-Premiers updated one at a time. I am expecting the second back tomorrow.
I was actually in 2 minds whether to update or not.
I haven't used USB or Ethernet, and whilst I may experiment with them a bit they were not a necessity for me, otoh I do slightly miss the loss of HDMI (which must have saved Devialet a lot of money to drop since the license is so expensive) slightly regret the loss of the infra red remote facility which makes the 250 less good for video integration than the D-Premier was. Also I was using the optical input up to 24/192 and the 250 only goes to 24/96 (Devialet are kindly upgrading the optical inputs on my second unit for me so I can continue to use it like my D-Premier).
I went ahead because of the guarantee and the extra DSP gives more potential long term, though my speakers are unlikely to ever be SAMmed, AFAIK there is only my pair in the UK of one of my speakers and 2 of the other...
I have had my 2 D-Premiers updated one at a time. I am expecting the second back tomorrow.
I was actually in 2 minds whether to update or not.
I haven't used USB or Ethernet, and whilst I may experiment with them a bit they were not a necessity for me, otoh I do slightly miss the loss of HDMI (which must have saved Devialet a lot of money to drop since the license is so expensive) slightly regret the loss of the infra red remote facility which makes the 250 less good for video integration than the D-Premier was. Also I was using the optical input up to 24/192 and the 250 only goes to 24/96 (Devialet are kindly upgrading the optical inputs on my second unit for me so I can continue to use it like my D-Premier).
I went ahead because of the guarantee and the extra DSP gives more potential long term, though my speakers are unlikely to ever be SAMmed, AFAIK there is only my pair in the UK of one of my speakers and 2 of the other...
Devialet Original d'Atelier 44 Core, Job Pre/225, Goldmund PH2, Goldmund Reference/T3f /Ortofon A90, Goldmund Mimesis 36+ & Chord Blu, iMac/Air, Lynx Theta, Tune Audio Anima, Goldmund Epilog 1&2, REL Studio. Dialog, Silver Phantoms, Branch stands, copper cables (mainly).
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