Some sign of Expert line

[Axel]

@Mohmm  - I totally agree with you on sound quality and I suspect most everyone still posting here still owns their Expert Pro for that reason.  But despite that, I am disappointed in Devialet, the company.  Reasons include:

-- they made commitments to the evolution of the Expert Pro Ci products at the time of release that they never followed through on.   
-- there are bugs in the configurator - particularly for dual mono owners - that have never been resolved.
-- as previously stated, the product is dated.
-- customer communication has always been poor - whether through support or direction.

In my 7+ years of being a Devialet customer I've come to realize that software is simply not their strength.  In this day and age of rapidly changing technology, product evolution through firmware improvements dictates the length and success of a product - particularly in this price range. 

None of that, of course, speaks to sound quality which has always been exceptional.  But if I were shopping in this price range today, I don't think Devialet would make the list for the above reasons.  I'm still scratching my head as to what would which is why I still have my 440 Pro and listen quite contentedly to it every day.

I largely agree with you regarding the evolution of the CI board and the configurator (is this issue confirmed?). But then, I stopped reading the HiFi and Highend press and turn to this website only very rarely.
P.s.: can someone remind me for what CI stands in the Expert context?

CI stands for Core Infinity.