Which Devialet?

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First post here.

I am looking at purchasing a NOS D-Premier with the upgraded USB and Ethernet input board. I noticed an earlier post that mentions a shortage of features on the D-Premier, can someone please highlight the key differences between the D-Premier and D200?

Also, if I purchase this unit I will almost certainly have it upgraded to an Expert Pro 250 with the overall  cost being significantly lower than a new Expert Pro 220. This makes the initial D-Premier purchase very attractive to me, but I'm not familiar enough with the Devialet line to know for sure. Any advice here would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Todd

The upgrade to 250 Pro is a fabulous way to get to the latest v6 hardware. The way you describe the D-Premier, it seems that only the input section was changed previously. This was the "small" upgrade that did not include the v5 DSP board. When you upgrade to Pro everything but the main cabinet is changed so what's in the D-Premier now does not matter. I believe SAM may be missing compared to a D200, but after the upgrade the 250 Pro will be on par with the new 220 Pro in all respects, if not even better..
If the price of the old model is good, go for it!