Expert 1000 Pro

[GuillaumeB]

From what Mathieu said at the Oxford event, there is no new DAC between the Expert 800, the OdA and the 1000 Pro. There is no current intention to change the DAC.

My recollection of what he said at Oxford is that the OdA already has the new Magic Wire and the new Control Algorithm. In other words, what appears in the ADH Intelligence graphic for the 1000 Pro is already in the OdA.

The OdA needs updating to impending 1000 Pro levels in two areas, the power supply and the thermal management; and both will need the new streaming board in a year's time.

My understanding is that Magic Wire = DAC.

When the O d'A was launched no mention was made of a new Magic Wire or any changes to the ADH intelligence for that matter.

In the 1000 Pro collateral it is stated quite clearly that there is a new Magic Wire (with THD improved by more than 6db and a noise floor lowered by 2.5db). 

The other area I'm not clear on is the Class A section. When the O d'A came out we were told that the Class A amps had been optimised, with their capacity to drive large current transients doubled.

The literature for the 1000 Pro however talks about a new physical design with the signal crossing two silicon junctions less for reducing THD.

So it seems as though there are a few of these little differences, which may or may not matter.

Then we have the small issue of the O d'A still showing version 3.3 of the ADH software after the 10.0.2 firmware update. 

Guillaume