New product launch?

[Chris Marshall]

First of all, i would suggest not to make any decisions regarding buying/upgrading until Devialet announces the prices of the new models/upgrades. I think my source is reliable but you never know whether the Devialet team will change their strategy in the end.

Second, if these prices are correct i think you're right. This would be the most cost-effective way to get your model up to le200 specs. However, for me, the lower resale value of an upgraded 120 compared to a new 200 and the hassle of sending it back to France wouldn't justify the (small) price difference.

John

If you have a source for these prices, it seems odd that the 800 and the 400 have different prices as they have exactly the same boards in them, the premium new is for the more expensive case.

What reasons do we have for assuming the hardware upgrades for 200 and 250 models are identical?

Just that the internals are identical, unless they are changing the case or making the upgraded boards somehow different they should be the same.  The OdA has a copper bottom plate so I guess they could add that to the 800 which would obviously cost more.