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Have You Noticed- No Digital "Classics?"

I don't think it's so much the obsolescence of digital equipment as much as the ease to sell digital equipment at a higher markup, as well as the ease to hype such products. By and large, CD digital equipment has not really changed that much in the past 10 years. Just the marketing buzzwords ("upsampling", for example) have changed, and since most people are not that familiar with the "science" behind the 0's and 1's, and such changes are not tangible, they assume "technological advancement" and hence keep buying digital equipment. The craze over the buzzwords enable higher mark-ups, which then result in greater depreciation once the equipment is purchased and used.

Aside from maybe the Wadia 2000 and JVC XL-Z1050TN, I cannot think of a digital audio component that has attained "classic" status.

And aside from the ART DI/O, I would *never* purchase a piece of digital audio equipment brand-new. Wait for it to come up used, at a substantially lower price.

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