21-Jul-2016, 17:57
(21-Jul-2016, 13:06)marcor Wrote: All bias and arguments apart, I think that communicating a closing window for the upgrade and not respecting it is not a small thing. To put this in proper context let's see what are the options now we new update.Yep - For the upgrade, 'buy now before the end of 2016 or miss out', for the streamer board 'we will advise the specifications in some time in 2017'. Oddly enough, I am not too bothered about this! For me, the decision to go for the upgrade will be based purely on if I think the amplifier sound quality hike justifies the cost. But for those seriously interested in the new streamer aspect of the upgrade, it is a bit crazy.
We haven't seen and we haven't got any specific on the new streaming board, still we have been offered for a given time to update our gear. I have a d250 (upgrade from the d-premier) and I am lucky enough to get air through ethernet working. As whole I would be happy without upgrading again, so I could skip this new upgrade, however I could be interested in the new streaming board if it opens, for example, a better compatibility with Roon. So in a "normal" world I would wait the release of the new streaming board and decide at that point to upgrade or not. I would accept to pay a little bit more for the upgrade as I am not an early adopter. But in "Devialet world" I still don't know how long the upgrade will be open for and/or if this closing window is a real one or, as history teaches us, not.
As you can see in the specific we are talking about more than 4,000 euros decision based on a bet due to lack of communication.
Even more, until the announcement of the update I was thinking to upgrade and buy a companion and move to an 800. After this débâcle of announcement I am happy that I didn't act because the situation is completely unclear and putting another 10,000 euros without knowing what will happen would be a insane.
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