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Old 04-25-2016, 08:03 AM
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The meter of course now tops out at 400w. The top of the front panel has a new piece of aluminum that blends nicely. No other changes that I can notice.

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I believe the engraved piece at the bottom of the meter is now copper in color rather than the aluminum in the 300's.
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Old 04-25-2016, 08:37 AM
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Cincy.......Happy to hear you are back in business and pleased with the results of the upgrade. Is there any noticeable change in the appearance of the amplifiers, like new badging or anything else?
Rare beauty ! Not sure if the upgrade price is more for it's beautiful or the power and sound upgrade but lots of happy campers out there who upgraded to M400. Here s a video showing esthetic upgrade :

m.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DhU037rEc

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I recently upgraded my S200 to S250. Very happy with the upgrade.
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I just got my amps upgraded to the M400 version. Still letting them warm up and break in a little, but they do sound great.

One question for those who got the upgrade: are your meters a lot less sensitive than before? I have to turn the volume to a much higher level than I had to with the M300s to get the needles to start moving even a little - and that is with the rear panel switch in the most sensitive setting.

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Old 05-28-2016, 04:18 PM
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I just got my amps upgraded to the M400 version. Still letting them warm up and break in a little, but they do sound great.

One question for those who got the upgrade: are your meters a lot less sensitive than before? I have to turn the volume to a much higher level than I had to with the M300s to get the needles to start moving even a little - and that is with the rear panel switch in the most sensitive setting.
Yes. Mine are the same way.

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Yes. Mine are the same way.

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Thank you.
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Old 05-31-2016, 08:38 AM
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Me 2. The meters barely move.
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It seems the M400s run hotter (feel that way to the touch) than the original M300 version. I think someone had reported that already and I agree.
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Yes. Mine are the same way. Cincy
Ditto. The first night I had them back after the upgrade, they sounded so good I slowly started turning up the volume just to see what they sounded like at rock concert levels. I was hitting 107dB, with the preamp turned up to about 90% of max volume, and I blew the tweeter resistors in my Alexias-- but those damn power meters barely moved!

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Any rumours if the preamp will be upgraded too?
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