New Firmware 10.1.0

[Confused]

gui - I am sure we will never know!  But it is nice to speculate that they do have a few fine minds in Devialet that know how to optimise for sound quality improvements, it's actually highly probable I would have thought.  There is certainly plenty of opinion based evidence in the past to suggest that firmware changes impacted sound quality.  (the debate of 7.1.3 vs FW 8 & 9 will almost certainly never be resolved, but nobody ever advised they preferred 6 as far as I can recall, although some claimed no difference)  As for me, I have my don't change two things at once rule.  Because I have just installed an Aqvox switch, all this new firmware goodness will need to wait a couple of weeks at least, but never mind, it's always good to have something to look forward to!

The Aqvox may need weeks to burn in finally. But you can do the firmware update right now, because you will notice the difference at once (and it's much bigger than the diff with the Aqvox I bet).
No need for A/B or wondering if your imagination just made it up. Just taste the honey now...don't know what next week will bring  .

gui

p.s. ...and here's one more. You'll be able to distinguish the diff between your standard switch/router and the Aqvox more precisely because of the increase of transparency with the 10.1.0 

gui - Your enthusiasm is remarkable, but no no, I shall not break my golden rule of changing one thing at a time!  Consider, I am enjoying some casual listening over the next few days and I notice something new, maybe good, maybe bad.  Is it the new switch, or is it the new firmware?  This could be confusing!  Of course, I could take your word that 10.1.0 is simply more transparent, but we do have different systems.  As one example, I feed my Devialet via AES/EBU, you use USB.  None of know what the new firmware is doing, or where it is doing it.  it is unlikely, but not entirely impossible, that the choice of input is significant.  In addition, I'm running an unmodified dual mono Pro, not a modified Expert.  Plus I have much patience and resolve, and enjoy having something to look forward to.