05-Apr-2024, 18:52
I still value my D- Premier...here's why...
I am the second owner and had it for the last 4 years connected to my Focal Electra 1028Be setup.
...recently though it failed with a puff of smoke on powerup up after I plugged it in (after unplugging it for a vacation week)
On opening it up one of the 6 large NIC 2200 uF capacitors had failed (oil all around, top cap bulged etc) .
Good news is Customer Care was awesome and I shipped this for out of warranty service back to France and got it back a few weeks later with several parts replaced (including some boards.) I spent $850 Canadian (I did not do the 250 upgrade for $6400 but I thought on it quite a bit ). all working perfectly now like new
To me the money spent on a used D premier a few years back plus this added service cost was great and now I have many years of more enjoyment.
(in fact I tried to buy an used 2nd D Premiere but was scammed (yup I was stupid)
It meets my needs and then some :
It's about the sound quality which to me is still bit perfectly super.
The remote is awesome (but yes wish the app remote worked on my S24)
I am the second owner and had it for the last 4 years connected to my Focal Electra 1028Be setup.
...recently though it failed with a puff of smoke on powerup up after I plugged it in (after unplugging it for a vacation week)
On opening it up one of the 6 large NIC 2200 uF capacitors had failed (oil all around, top cap bulged etc) .
Good news is Customer Care was awesome and I shipped this for out of warranty service back to France and got it back a few weeks later with several parts replaced (including some boards.) I spent $850 Canadian (I did not do the 250 upgrade for $6400 but I thought on it quite a bit ). all working perfectly now like new
To me the money spent on a used D premier a few years back plus this added service cost was great and now I have many years of more enjoyment.
(in fact I tried to buy an used 2nd D Premiere but was scammed (yup I was stupid)
It meets my needs and then some :
- I feed my premier via RCA Line input from my AVM70 for my home theater fronts (music streaming via Roon to iFi Zen into AVM70 using ARC Genesis room acoustics)
- I can play Roon direct from my NUC HDMI out to my old but still awesome HDMI in , unique to the old premiers ... sound is super!
- I can also play Air via Roon which at last now seems more stable and better especially right after a power up.
- I want to build an IanCanada project to route AES in from my NUC/Streamer
It's about the sound quality which to me is still bit perfectly super.
The remote is awesome (but yes wish the app remote worked on my S24)
