Devialet upgrading (bad) policy

[Confused]

From their accountants POV it's probably far more desirable to get between 3K and 5K from every owner, and then make a streamer board for as little as possible to fill the '1,500 euro value', than it is to sell a load of upgrades at 1,500.  

They are also then in the relatively unheard of luxury of having your cash in their bank accounts upfront to fund the device…..(or use elsewhere).  Sort of like a luxury kickstarter, but without any info about what you're investing in, or when its coming beyond the year.  Seems like there's plenty of people not really bothered about it though and will upgrade regardless, and hats off to 'em.

Plenty of people not really bothered about it though and will upgrade regardless?  That pretty much sums up my position!  My interest in the Pro was based entirely on how the sound quality compared to the current model versus the cost to upgrade.  The new streamer board did not come into the equation at all.  OK, I would have preferred a lower cost to upgrade with the option not to have the streamer board, but really it is quite simple, Devialet are not offering that option so why worry about it.  I think the accounting side of it is interesting too, because the final manufacturing cost of each individual streamer board will probably be very low indeed, I'm guessing well under £100, so with economies of scale they may as well provide one to every Pro owner.