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RE: 400 vs 440 review - Axel - 25-Oct-2016 (24-Oct-2016, 22:09)Pim van Vliet Wrote:(24-Oct-2016, 11:42)Confused Wrote: I'm not quite sure what to make of this review! OK, I have not yet had the pleasure of hearing the 440 Pro, and here I would go with Pim's sentiment, I too would place more faith in the comments of folk posting on this site. That said, I have listened to the D400 on a number of occasions now, and I have listened to an A/B audition of the D800 vs 1000 Pro, so I think it is possible to extrapolate to a certain extent. This may not make sense, but I do not really agree with some of the criticisms the reviewer is now making of the outgoing D400, but based on my D800 vs 1000 Pro audition, I do fully recognise what he is saying with respect to the Pro improvements. For me the D400 was (and is) a very fine product, and yet the Pro goes to a class above. I am also interested in how Pim' puts this down to power supply improvements, because I had mentally put the main improvements down to the new ADH. The truth is it is probably down to a combination of things, cooling the new class D and so on, not that this matters too much is the end result is good! During the day, with people watching the daytime crap on TV and boiling kettles, using ovens etc., background noise from traffic and other noises from outside all have a cumulative effect and the SQ suffers. Late evening/early morning when none of the above are taking place is always my favourite time for listening. The electricity supply (and everything else) is much quieter then. RE: 400 vs 440 review - Pim - 25-Oct-2016 (25-Oct-2016, 01:34)Axel Wrote:(24-Oct-2016, 22:09)Pim van Vliet Wrote:(24-Oct-2016, 11:42)Confused Wrote: I'm not quite sure what to make of this review! OK, I have not yet had the pleasure of hearing the 440 Pro, and here I would go with Pim's sentiment, I too would place more faith in the comments of folk posting on this site. That said, I have listened to the D400 on a number of occasions now, and I have listened to an A/B audition of the D800 vs 1000 Pro, so I think it is possible to extrapolate to a certain extent. This may not make sense, but I do not really agree with some of the criticisms the reviewer is now making of the outgoing D400, but based on my D800 vs 1000 Pro audition, I do fully recognise what he is saying with respect to the Pro improvements. For me the D400 was (and is) a very fine product, and yet the Pro goes to a class above. I am also interested in how Pim' puts this down to power supply improvements, because I had mentally put the main improvements down to the new ADH. The truth is it is probably down to a combination of things, cooling the new class D and so on, not that this matters too much is the end result is good! That's exactly why I think the renewed power supply might be the most important change in the Pro. |