Nyal, I'm very pleased with the DEQX upgrade and I highly recommend to anyone who's on the fence about moving to the newest generation DEQX to stop waiting and make the move. I can assure them that there will be no regrets!
Also, I recently preformed a new calibration using the M23 and I...
Models 1, 3, 5 and 7 are not at all bad sounding, but you should plan on fully re-capping any of those early models since all of the electrolytic caps in those models are well beyond their lifespan. The odd number JRDG amps were more laid back sounding than the even-numbered amps, but they...
Nyal, not to take anything away from the older DEQX processors as I had an original DEQX Express for about a year-and-a-half and it was by-far the best upgrade that I've ever implemented into my system, but you are dead-on correct with the statement that the latest generation DEQX units are...