New product launch?

[Damon]

List price in continental Europe for a new D120 is 4'990 EUR. List price for D200 is 6'990. So the path you are suggesting is not cheaper IMHO.

It's also not unreasonable to expect second hand prices to be affected by the arrival of a new range. 

Finally, if you look at the prices offered on this site for a brand new D900, it becomes obvious that you should not consider your Devialet as a store of value, but as a beautiful appliance which produces great music.

Just my 2c anyway.

I agree completely with SB. The current equipment is beautiful, and most importantly, makes wonderful music.

On the second-hand/ upgrade issue, my impression is that the upgraded units will be fully the equal of a new, post hardware upgrade unit. I paid $7.000.00 (in round numbers, CDN$) for my D120 over a year ago. A D200 would have been about $10,000.00. If I can get the upgrade and have a better, more advanced '200+' for the same $10,000.00, then I have in fact lost nothing on my 'used' D120. To sell it and buy new again would certainly mean that I would lose money on the sale of my current D120.

Used equipment of almost every type loses value; a few odd exceptions exist in the world for collectable stuff, but it seems to me that the Devialet owners are very lucky in the availability and application of the upgrade. This upgrade appears to be very significant, and current owners are not being left behind at all. IMHO, as they say.

BTW, just back last night from Italy and Croatia, and I must say, I missed the music..... more even than I missed the cat (the cat is a big jazz fan, too).