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And I do have a feeling that the current generation is approaching its end of life cycle and soon enough we will see a new D line with UPnP and room calibration. Which is all good except one will probably be expected to pay big money again for the upgrade.

I think it's highly unlikely that a new range will replace the 120/200/250/400/800 anytime soon given all the effort that recently went into the Phantom launch. Devialet will have their work cut out with Spark not to mention the ramping up of production of what is for them a new class of product. I would expect Munich 2016 as a more realistic timeframe for a refresh/update of the Expert line. Devialet is still a very small company even if it employs a lot more engineers than anyone else.

Guillaume

I tend to agree. I am not even sure the D-Premier would have been replaced had the SAM development for the Phantom not given such good results leading them to decide to produce SAM files for other speakers and leading to the need for much more DSP than was originally envisaged.
I think their development will continue to be going increasingly mass market.

I would think they feel there is no SQ improvement available over and above what they now have, and since they cover the power range up to 800wpc there probably aren't any gaps in the range from the engineering standpoint.
That would be my pov too, though I expect some enthusiasts would differ.