Advice

[winiar560]

7 pages of advice and you take the worst decision...Just kidding!

The CI version gives you so many more options connection wise but, more importantly, you have the option of using Sweet Room. It give you the option to 'fix' room issues or you could just decided to make your amp sound like a tube amp for a change. It's a fun way to try different sounds.

I'm sure you won't regret it.

Thanks Pim

As I said before I've nearly bought a mint expert 200 at would say not that much more than the upgrade to 220 cost but stopped at the last minute before pushing the buy button.

There is a couple of reasons why I did it:

Could not find anything sensible at a good price after the seller of 250 pro messed me up.

There is something in the sound of d200 which I don't like is I would describe as clinical sound signature ,less natural sounding amp especially in comparison to d250.Ive noticed the highs the most unpleasant.

Chose to go to pro for a few reasons but mostly as people described warmer sound signature ,better at lower volumes more dynamic,better bass texture,wider soundstage and so on.
Some people also said it is as good as d400 in most aspects.
And off course you're getting very good streamer ,more power,and sweet room which is also very important to me as my room having some problems with modes.
Lastly I could buy a second hand 220 pro but the cheapest ive found was at 3600£ not the greatest condition and not much warranty if any left which I will get 5 years after upgrade and my d200 also is in great cosmetic condition (as new).

Another thing is looking at some second hand d200 sold in UK quite recently I would say people would not like to pay much more than 2000£  for one and it would be hard to sell as well.

Last thing I would like to add is I am getting 220 pro route. with the intention to add another one to make 440 pro in near future (time will tell).

For now I need to wait before the whole upgrading process gone through.