Astra vs Expert Pro on paper

[mdconnelly]

As a long time Expert/Expert Pro owner, I understand the frustration and animosity toward Devialet and the Astra. I suspect the Astra may be a fine product, but in a better world, it would have been released as the next generation of the Expert Pro series and would have extended the life of the Expert Pro thru firmware, OS and configurator improvements. A more viably priced upgrade path than the Endeavor program could have been made available. IMO, that should/could have all been possible. But Devialet chose, instead, to abandon the Expert Pro series (and owners) and the many promises made while leveraging the bulk of technology originally embedded in the Expert Pro into the far more expensive Astra.