No recommendations, just questions.
IF you get the 440 Pro upgrade and the Roon Nucleus server, why not just connect the 440 Pro to your network and use it's ethernet input? Why go for a network bridge and then recheck the rendered signal when you can use the 440 Pro as a renderer? And remember, while you would be using Roon's implementation of AIR at present, Devialet has advised that the Pro CI models are expected to become Roon Ready by the end of this year. If you're going to ask whether to "simply get the [Roon Nucleus + dCS Network Bridge + Mutec REF-10 + cables] and forget about the Devialet upgrade ?" I think you also need to ask whether it would be better to "simply get" the Devialet upgrade, Roon Nucleus, and any ethernet cables you want to get to go with that.
I think you'll get a sonic improvement with either of those 2 options but I don't know how those improvements will stack up against each other. I don't know which will provide the biggest benefit and I also don't know if the combined benefit of both of those options is going to be equal to the sum of the benefits each provides individually but I'm guessing that the value for money for each of the partial options and for the full combination of everything is going to be different and I have no idea which option will provide the best value for money given that the sonic differences of the Devialet upgrade vs the dCS + Mutec are likely to be different and that one of those upgrades may play more to your personal tastes than the other.
So, as I said, no recommendations here but I hope I've at least given you another option to consider and a bit more to think about if you're having doubts about the total cost of your current long term plan.
IF you get the 440 Pro upgrade and the Roon Nucleus server, why not just connect the 440 Pro to your network and use it's ethernet input? Why go for a network bridge and then recheck the rendered signal when you can use the 440 Pro as a renderer? And remember, while you would be using Roon's implementation of AIR at present, Devialet has advised that the Pro CI models are expected to become Roon Ready by the end of this year. If you're going to ask whether to "simply get the [Roon Nucleus + dCS Network Bridge + Mutec REF-10 + cables] and forget about the Devialet upgrade ?" I think you also need to ask whether it would be better to "simply get" the Devialet upgrade, Roon Nucleus, and any ethernet cables you want to get to go with that.
I think you'll get a sonic improvement with either of those 2 options but I don't know how those improvements will stack up against each other. I don't know which will provide the biggest benefit and I also don't know if the combined benefit of both of those options is going to be equal to the sum of the benefits each provides individually but I'm guessing that the value for money for each of the partial options and for the full combination of everything is going to be different and I have no idea which option will provide the best value for money given that the sonic differences of the Devialet upgrade vs the dCS + Mutec are likely to be different and that one of those upgrades may play more to your personal tastes than the other.
So, as I said, no recommendations here but I hope I've at least given you another option to consider and a bit more to think about if you're having doubts about the total cost of your current long term plan.
Roon Nucleus+, Devilalet Expert 140 Pro CI, Focal Sopra 2, PS Audio P12, Keces P8 LPS, Uptone Audio EtherREGEN with optical fibre link to my router, Shunyata Alpha NR and Sigma NR power cables, Shunyata Sigma ethernet cables, Shunyata Alpha V2 speaker cables, Grand Prix Audio Monaco rack, RealTRAPS acoustic treatment.
Brisbane, Qld, Australia
