High End Amp Price Collapse musings

All things digital carry a sense of instant obsolescence once the next version is announced.  I wouldn't buy a digital amp because I think it would be a poor boat anchor (too light) in a few years.  There are many old "analog" amps, speakers, and tonearm I'd love to have, but any old digital gizmo falls into the Atari, Windows 2000, iPhone4 graveyard.  Maybe it's an unfair association with computer products, or an unfair label of "digital" but DAC's have the same arc of obsolescence.  Analog dies a slower death in the used market.

Guido: Thanks I stand corrected.  I guess I'm thinking short digital samples of the incoming signal related to switching rate, much like CD sampling or digitizing a photo....and must be wrong.  But I still wouldn't buy because I think this era of Class D won't hold its value.  Just personal feeling.

I only meant that when a consumer technology is going thru its vibrant growth phase, the accelerated pace of development and innovation is accompanied with accelerated depreciation curves as consumers want to ride the front of the wave. 

Ii really don't care how anyone spends their money, and I've spent my share chasing the edge.