upgrade is back

[Confused]

Hello,

can anybody say something about pricing for upgrading to 440pro/CI (here in Germany)?

Do also the vinyl-input benefits from the CI-Board?
Use my analog source nearly 80% and for the other 20% I use Roon over LAN from my audio-PC.
And toslink from TV/Bluray, but that is not used very often and not worth to discussed for soundquality.

So I am thinking what to do and will first wait for an official offer from Devialet per mail...

Hello,

maybe is missed the answer...


How much does the vinyl-input benefits from the Pro-upgrade and/or the CI-Board?

Here in Germany the upgrade-price for 400 -> 440Pro CI is 6000 € - the same as before without the special-offer per mail.

If this price of 6K-€ is fix - I will not do the upgrade and stay with the 400...

ATB, tom

Hello Tom,

I think your question got a little missed in all the excitement and bickering of the recent posts, so I will try to answer.  

If your primary method of using the amp is via vinyl, then obviously the CI board itself will be of very little interest or use to you.  That said, the CI equipped Pro is a better sounding amplifier, irrespective of which input is used.  So it is safe to assume that you will get some kind of sound quality improvement when playing vinyl.  How much of an improvement will depend a little on the rest of your system, how good your TT is, what speakers you are using etc.  I guess the big question is will the level of sound quality increase obtained be worth 6000 Euros to you, and I think no one can answer that other than yourself.  It is a lot of money that could arguably be used better elsewhere.  One other point to note, the phono stage is identical between the Pro and the Expert, so this is a bit of a disappointment for vinyl users.  Not that there is much wrong with the current phono stage, but certainly this eliminates one possible reason to upgrade.  I would point out that I am more of an occasional vinyl user these days, most of my listening is digital, so someone who is primarily a vinyl user and has gone Expert to Pro might be able to offer a little more insight.