Reference 20 upgrade

[jtodd]

I was on the phone to B&K today about the Ref 20 upgrades. I asked about what the upgrade would give me. The response was every thing that the Ref 30 has except firewire (ie 1394) and component switching. This seems great until I asked the price. Which appears to be set at $899.

My question is this a reasonable price for the upgrade or should I sell my Ref 20 and look at buying either a Ref 30 or another manufactures product for with similar functionality.

May I preface any responses with the notion that I am very happy with the Ref 20 except I would have liked component switching and DVD-A support. Of which component switching is not part of the upgrade.

[Mike V]

I don't think that is a bad price, I also own a REF 20 and would be willing to pay that just to upgrade the Processing chips and add the base management features.

I don't think you will be able to do well enough selling your 20, then adding the $900.00 to purchase a 30 somewhere.

Please post if you do have the upgrade done with comments on the process etc...