To upgrade or not?

[Coffee_fan]

I would give an in-house test of the Benchmark. Devialet has offered to upgrade my D200LE for similar sum to a 220 Core Infinity. Several times in fact but I have refrained because I have not seen Devialet too responsive with support of any kind, whether it is drivers, AIR or SAM database. Plus, I have read what look like very bad stories over the years in this forum which seem to reinforce that perception. It is a pity because the amplifier is great and I love my D200. It works fine over Ethernet with Air.

For comparison, I have also a 10 year old Linn Majik DSi, sounds very nice and warm, not as powerful, but one thing that Linn does very well is always support it, even after 10 years I keep receiving updates. Would be good that Devialet would do similar.

If you love the concept of single does it all box you can either find other 220s as other folks have pointed or you could try Linn or Naim. Personally I will still stay with Devialet and may get another D200 to go to 2x200, but for now I am more into putting money on good speakers. Looking at the Atohm EURUS potentially.