25-Jul-2016, 17:37
Have prices for the upgrades actually been released yet? As far as I know, UK dealers have not had prices yet, so I'm a little surprised the Australian dealers have? Maybe the facts will look a bit different when 'official' prices are announced. (soon?)
Anyway, reading all this I can fully understand Celts88's frustrations, and charging the full upgrade price for D-prem to D-800, then adding the 1000 Pro upgrade on to does seam excessive to me, maybe something about halfway would be far more reasonable?
However, when I first heard about the upgrade and realised that Devialet were retaining what was the original D-Premier case for the 1000 Pro, this got me thinking. I am more than happy with my D800, and indeed my companion was only purchased in 2014, so still has over three years guarantee left on it, it seams a bit crazy to throw away the innards of what is still a very new amplifier. So one idea I had was to skip this upgrade and then go for whatever new is announced in 2020, or whatever. Why not? OK, maybe the 2021 Devialet 1750 Super Pro might be a radical new design with a new case, but even if the plan does not work, what have I lost? I still have the D800 and the cash I would have spent on the upgrade. Currently I am still a bit grumpy about Devialet, so I felt more than happy to hang onto my cash and see how things develop in Quentin Sannie's new era of good communication and transparency. BUT..... when it started to become apparent that if you do try to 'skip' an upgrade, Devialet will still charge you for the bit you skipped, I changed my mind, and started to think OK, why not go for it if it sounds good, and if I skip this upgrade I'll only end up paying for it later? So I think Devialet's policy is for people like me, and it works, money I would have kept for myself is now far more likely to make it's way to Devialet.
Is this fair on D-Premier owners? No, I don't think it is. This does remind my of an early childhood memory, when my slightly older brother got lots of stuff and I didn't. (long story) There were good reasons for this, but I thought it was really unfair. I challenged my father 'it's not fair dad!!', his only reply was 'life is not fair, the sooner you realise that the happier you will be', that was all he said, very blunt. Looking back this was very good advice, I've never forgotten those words.
Anyway, reading all this I can fully understand Celts88's frustrations, and charging the full upgrade price for D-prem to D-800, then adding the 1000 Pro upgrade on to does seam excessive to me, maybe something about halfway would be far more reasonable?
However, when I first heard about the upgrade and realised that Devialet were retaining what was the original D-Premier case for the 1000 Pro, this got me thinking. I am more than happy with my D800, and indeed my companion was only purchased in 2014, so still has over three years guarantee left on it, it seams a bit crazy to throw away the innards of what is still a very new amplifier. So one idea I had was to skip this upgrade and then go for whatever new is announced in 2020, or whatever. Why not? OK, maybe the 2021 Devialet 1750 Super Pro might be a radical new design with a new case, but even if the plan does not work, what have I lost? I still have the D800 and the cash I would have spent on the upgrade. Currently I am still a bit grumpy about Devialet, so I felt more than happy to hang onto my cash and see how things develop in Quentin Sannie's new era of good communication and transparency. BUT..... when it started to become apparent that if you do try to 'skip' an upgrade, Devialet will still charge you for the bit you skipped, I changed my mind, and started to think OK, why not go for it if it sounds good, and if I skip this upgrade I'll only end up paying for it later? So I think Devialet's policy is for people like me, and it works, money I would have kept for myself is now far more likely to make it's way to Devialet.
Is this fair on D-Premier owners? No, I don't think it is. This does remind my of an early childhood memory, when my slightly older brother got lots of stuff and I didn't. (long story) There were good reasons for this, but I thought it was really unfair. I challenged my father 'it's not fair dad!!', his only reply was 'life is not fair, the sooner you realise that the happier you will be', that was all he said, very blunt. Looking back this was very good advice, I've never forgotten those words.
1000 Pro - KEF Blade - iFi Zen Stream - Mutec REF10 - MC3+USB - Pro-Ject Signature 12
