(07-Sep-2016, 20:25)Hifi_swlon Wrote:(07-Sep-2016, 18:19)AllenB Wrote: I really am not bent out of shape by all this, sorry to disappoint NickB. However, I still think this whole saga from Devialet since I purchased my 200 (which SQ wise I love) stinks. False promises, etc etc. Don't need to regurgitate it all, but one thing does grate. So, some people are receiving special upgrade prices because they have upgraded in the past. What about pretty much everyone of us who have had to purchase other equipment just to get our music playing through the Dev, which has refused to do the much vaunted things that many of us based their purchase on in the first place.
Lesson learned .... do not trust Devialet. When it happens, it happens, no expectations.
I really have to agree with this (and no I'm not all upset either and won't rehash history) but still I just find it all a bit bizarre.
So, was the email list for giving people upgrade discounts or not? It seems so far that a lot registered (including me) and had the registration confirmed but as far as any of us could tell it was a pointless list and merely meant we got sent an email saying we could upgrade - see website for pricing. A few if us queried it and got pretty much the same answer - there were no 'favourable conditions' (not financial at least) referred to in the list auto-reply. Now it seems some weeks later at least one person (maybe only one person) has been told they're getting a discount after all, whereas previously it was purchases in 2016 only.
My guess is getting a reliable, straight answer on this would be fairly tricky from Devialet.....
I know other reasoning has been put forward, but I do agree the 200 user gets the worst deal. Obviously all get the pro hardware upgrades, but;
-The D-premier owner gets to bring an older model up to current spec despite missing the 'deadlines' for upgrades previously. Without penalty too, and they get free copper base plates, and a discount if they have dual mono.
-The 120 owner gets bumped up a model notch - essentially increasing their products value twice. A nice bump in watts too. Lovely deal.
-The 200 owner gets an extra 20 watts.
-The 400 owner gets an overall discount and 40 watts.
-the 250 owner gets zero extra watts but a free baseplate. Second worst deal of the bunch IMO - notwithstanding the fact that a 250 doesn't seem to really exist anymore.
-the 800 owner gets an overall discount, a big chunk of watts, and 2 free base plates.
- the OdA owner.... Ok I'll skip that.
Maybe the 200 upgrades are subsidising all the copper baseplates
Don't skip the O d'A part. That's the best one
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.
