If you check the results of an old poll (2015.) - you will see that there were much more 400's than 250's and I'm sure that good number of 250 owners bought them to have an easy upgrade path to 800, which is shown in another poll. Of course, some number of 400's were upgraded 200's.
https://devialetchat.com/polls.php?actio...lts&pid=27
https://devialetchat.com/polls.php?actio...ults&pid=4
Maybe we could create a new poll - to see what is the current state in 2021.
If you ask me - 440 Pro is a better choice if he doesn't plan to upgrade to 1000 Pro sometime in the future. From my experience, it just works better with "demanding" speakers. This leaves the door open for almost any future speaker upgrade without additional investment into more powerful amp. BTW, prior even thinking about 1000 Pro, I would invest into higher class speakers, since the benefits which speakers upgrade brings in this already pretty high class are without any doubts higher than with upgrade to better amp.
https://devialetchat.com/polls.php?actio...lts&pid=27
https://devialetchat.com/polls.php?actio...ults&pid=4
Maybe we could create a new poll - to see what is the current state in 2021.
If you ask me - 440 Pro is a better choice if he doesn't plan to upgrade to 1000 Pro sometime in the future. From my experience, it just works better with "demanding" speakers. This leaves the door open for almost any future speaker upgrade without additional investment into more powerful amp. BTW, prior even thinking about 1000 Pro, I would invest into higher class speakers, since the benefits which speakers upgrade brings in this already pretty high class are without any doubts higher than with upgrade to better amp.
Devialet Expert 440 Pro | Dynaudio Confidence 50 | 2x SVS SB16-Ultra
Anthem MRX 720 | Dynaudio Excite X28 | Dynaudio Emit M20
LG OLED 77 CX | LG OLED 65 C7
Anthem MRX 720 | Dynaudio Excite X28 | Dynaudio Emit M20
LG OLED 77 CX | LG OLED 65 C7
