Upgrade program kick-off

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And not least the personally expectations are big as is the hope on impressive improvement of sound quality spending so many bugs for a pig in the poke ;-) That should have paid of :-)

Personal expectations are alway influencing what you hear and there will be never an absolute truth. (Otherwise there would be nothing like high end ethernet cables).

I will meet with a couple friends to do an blind A/B in between the OdA and the D1000pro. I just finished an switch box to support this. We will be joined by the leading sound recording technician for classical music of  "bayrische Rundfunk", a classical musician of the bavarian state opera and two fellow devialet owners. The session will be supported by one of my interns to do the switching behind the scene.
This has grown much bigger that i intended it to be, but it somehow developed.
(And for the evening session we will have some good french wine :-) )

Hi Mka, Sounds like a fun, but intense session - the thought of that good wine will, of course, be a help . Will be very interested in your combined findings, and views.

I have heard the OdA, albeit in isolation and not against a D800 (my current Amp) and found it to be a very open and relaxing amplifier - I very much liked it, but at a cost .


I then, at a later session, heard the new D1000pro, against a D800, and thought that the D1000pro was a clear winner - it had the same open, and relaxed, presentation of the OdA and IMO gave a very much wider and deeper soundstage in comparison to the D800 - consequently I have a D1000pro on order and eagerly await delivery .

David