Expert Pro sound quality

[Wdw]

I had the chance to compare my own D120 with the new D220Pro in my own home system earlier this week.

I can agree with most of what has been said here; the new 220 obviously has better control in all ranges, plays with greater ease, offers more detail and presents a wider soundstage.
It is a better amp, no doubt.

But is it impressively better than the D120?
Or, to put it differently, did it make me want to spend an extra 3500,- to replace my D120?

The D220pro offers all of the same qualities that convinced me to buy a D120, and adds a tad more of everything, but, after listening to it for a couple of hours, I did not come away feeling like the D120 was a vastly inferior product.
D120 has it own sound which I have come to appreciate more and more every time I hear it.
In the end, it even felt like coming back home again when we switched back to the D120.

All in all, I have decided against upgrading and instead spend the money on my record collection.

Good to hear your views on this as a lot of us are no doubt weighing up the pros and cons of the upgrade.

Gotta drop in and toss in my two cents....the upgrade is, to my ear, so superior that I was surprised but also suspect that if I had the opportunity to compare a 400 to a 440Pro in a relatively short listening session I would have acknowledged the upgrade to be better but would, I imagine, have also questioned whether it was many thousands dollars better.  In my experience, the most significant audio upgrades I've enjoyed, at first listen, are often bewilderingly slow and quiet....as though the increased resolution has slowed and softened the music.  In this light the more exciting, but possibly more noisy, ride of the earlier versions is perceived to be more engaging.
Best to all D owners for the holidays.
Warren