Pro Upgrade program ending

[TDA]

TDA,
Apologies for telling you things you already know. if you have, or will have, the budget to go to the D1000 Pro, then it makes sense to plan and purchase accordingly. I'm sure that used D250 Pro's will be available on the used market in the future; used D1000's as well. Knowing where we will settle is always  hard. I just know that planning for a continuing series of upgrades is not, usually, the cost-consicious way to get there.

I'm not lecturing you, by the way. I'm at the end of my career in terms of playing with the equipment or changing things, and I've settled out at more modest level of investment and performance than many.

I don't feel the upgrades were unreasonably priced, however. Recent purchasers were able to upgrade for less than those of us who have had our units longer. I think that a $1,500.00 power cable, or a $10,000.00 power supply (Naim) represent a lot less 'value' than the Devialet upgrade. And no upgrade option would have been more disappointing and damaging than having no upgrade option available. Anyhow, that just how I see it.

I hope the upgrade opportunity works out for you so that you can stage the speaker and amp purchases comfortably.

Hi Damon, 

thank you for the honest reply and i didn't feel anything in any negativ way. 

I don't have a budget. but i am in the same situation as many others, who wants to make the right purchase from the start. When that is said, i am also a guy who buy what i want, even though it is not the perfect choice for others. Maybe it is for me. 

I had a D200 for 8 months ( downgraded from D400) and i wasn't active in this forum in that periode. I used DC for installing and to swop ideas with fellow forum members, but after i got a new job last year, i didn't have the time to be online so much. It was also the time where my D200 really broke in. And then i started enjoying the product. Not searching all the time for tweeks and the last 5%. Just listening and enjoying. 

i then got tired of the huge power consumption. Even en standby mode it uses a lot of power. And i didn't use it as much, so when i saw the prices on Devialet on the used marked i sold it. I got a good price for it. 

We where going to try some other brands which intergrated with the livingroom better, but after auditioning other brands, i simply cannot find anything that suite me soundwise. 

and when seeing what i used D250 can be bought for i am really tempted to buy one. And i heard that the standby power consumption is reduced significant in the pro models. Is that correct?

but i don't know yet what solution i should buy. A D250 and upgraded it now or wait and hope that it can be done later. Or buy a D250 pro now. in the end it depends on how cheap i can get a Pro for.