28-Jul-2016, 09:57
(28-Jul-2016, 09:33)GuillaumeB Wrote:(27-Jul-2016, 21:42)Hifi_swlon Wrote:(27-Jul-2016, 10:15)GuillaumeB Wrote: Little to grumble about?
How about:
- the fact that the 1000 Pro was launched so soon after the O d'A (a limited edition, anniversary edition), the fact that we had to endure months of rumours of a "better model" coming out thanks to those dealers that couldn't keep their mouths shut; the fact that the O d'A was devalued resulting in a number of units being sold at a discount
- the complete lack of transparency and confusion surrounding the details of the O d'A upgrade
- the fact that O d'A owners will now be the last to be upgraded to full 1000 Pro status
Guillaume
No idea what sort of money changes hands from 800>OdA but I can imagine more than £5500.
Question is, had you known, could (or would) you have held off for a new model in the future knowing the OdA was available right there and then? Especially since the new model wouldn't have had the exclusive colour, name, and signed plate.
Whatever the answer it's a sad day for Devialet that you're even slightly bemused about it Guillaume. I could taste the excitement in your posts as you put the for sale ad up for the 800 before the OdA was even available... A real leap of faith.
I spent about £12k of my hard earned cash to finance the upgrade. No discounts on the O d'A.
And I would never have done this without a thorough home demo, which is what I did before committing to the purchase from OAC.
Around the same time I auditioned a number of other solutions including a massively capable Constellation Audio rig which blew my socks off.
So a leap of faith? Not really.
The O d'A is extraordinary sounding (way better than my 800, and by quite a margin) and the recent addition of 100W has certainly improved things.
But none of this distracts from my list of "grumbles" listed above. It's a wonderful product that has been botched from a commercial perspective, although from Devialet's perspective that's probably not how it seems since they managed to sell 99 of them in one fell swoop. No wonder this rekindled their interest in the Expert series.
Guillaume
Wow! Constellation. Now that is some serious money. Are you saying the O d'A sounded better or the price difference between them was so high it wasn't worth it?
Lifetime Roon, Mac mini, int. SSD, ext. HDD, tv as monitor, key board and track pad on bean bag as remote,Devialet 200, Od'A #097, Blue jeans speaker cable,
Dynaudio C1 MkII.
Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
Dynaudio C1 MkII.
Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
