Some sign of Expert line

[michaelrp2]

The Expert Pro line is truly an extraordinary bit of state-of-the-art hardware engineering.  But in today’s world, expectations are that the software must also evolve to keep pace.  Early Devialet literature espoused that it would.  The release of the Pro CI stated that it would.  But while Devialet has always excelled in the hardware realm, software has never been their strength (nor has customer communication but that’s a whole separate issue).  So even if there is a firmware update coming (and i have no release to think there is), I’m not holding my breath for any significant improvements.  But hey, I’ll get excited if they just fix/improve the configurator.

My Expert Pro 250 has served me perfectly since I bought it late 2016, I've always enjoyed the sound. I used it by USB with an external streamer until Roon Ready came along in 2019 and I have never felt the software or hardware needed upgrading. I also use two phono sources, never an issue.

I have need for updates and I've yet to see anything I would swap it for.

I agree! I purchased my original D-Premier right at the start of the Devialet journey and have been through every upgrade and update, adding an additional D-Prem recently upgraded to 250Pro to give me full 1000Pro operation. The second D-Prem was from the very first batch with single digit seriel number! They work brilliantly and like you I cannot think of anything better without spending very big amounts of cash! In short they work like a dream!