Goodbye to Devialet - after upgrade program

[Hifi_swlon]

I ust do not see where the VFM is here with the upgrade program (except if you are a 120 owner). What worries me though is that Devialet will just cease support on the superseded Expert range. We might get basic firmware upgrades for operational purposes, but that's about it AFAICT. So for me, buying my 200 with the promise of Spark compatibility to come (via Dialogue) I feel somewhat cheated by Devialet.

I have no inclination to give them anymore of my money, and I can sit, hopefully, happy with the fact that my 200 sounds just as good as it did yesterday. I have made other contingencies for not having Spark/Dialogue or a flaky up-to-recently AIR capability. But that cost me (a lot), and there seems no 'guilty recompense' from Devialet in their upgrade pricing. It would have gone a long way if they had shown some acknowledgement to the non-deliverance of features that were high profile in the marketing of the Expert range originally, and made these upgrades much more affordable.

The new streaming board, for example, should be free (or basic part cost) to everybody, existing Experts as well as Pro's without the implication that it will only fit the new Pro's. If that is the case, how do existing streaming boards fit the new Pro innards and be replaced next year. I read that as the connections will be the same, this year / next year regardless.

I agree, and especially about the last part. Imagine the goodwill shown to customers having logged AIR complaints/faults by giving them a new streamer board as an apology.
I had the same thoughts about the board connections/dimensions, as it has to fit the same space and connections as the current one. But I suppose it might be bigger or have extra connections on the new motherboard, or have greater power supply or whatever. But if they wanted to they could make it backwards compatible I'm sure - I assume it outputs i2s to the Devialet?

Anyway the 200 upgrade isn't value for money in my mind, and I didn't want to give any money to Devialet unless it was working in my favour, so that's not what I opted for....