Thanks Spinaltap, I just spotted Mr Tech Guy.

It is a bit of a concern for me. I’ve watched the few YouTube videos that are out there where Bob Stuart and Richard Holinshead explain the design philosophy behind the DSP speaker range and am really bought into it, especially after auditioning the DSP5200SE and DSP7200SE.

The big issue for me is that these speakers are a very different proposition. If I buy a traditional passive speaker I would hope to get many 10s of years life out of them. I could upgrade amp, DAC etc. as technology improved. The DSPs are already at least 7 years old in their most up to date versions and because they have so much tech bundled into the package it worries me they may fall behind the technology curve.

I think it’s great that they have previously offered upgrade paths and firmware updates but without the considerable talent that used to be at the helm, will these updates continue and will they be of the quality seen in the past?

I’m going to Huntingdon again to demo the 7200s this week with my wife and will also audition the 8000s. I will be asking some tough questions.