My point on it being "old" is that it will look old two years from now. If you say USAmps and DD has the best stuff now, then don't you think their new stuff will be even "Better" in two years? Also, even if they don't improve it, they will change the aesthetic design of the products so it might look old just because of the style. That's just my opinion - I wouldn't keep audio equipment around that long because newer and better stuff will come out. It's kinda like if I was building this super computer and got a 2 ghz processor with 132 mb video card, 1 gb ram, etc, but waited two years (in two years, it will be junk and cost a lot less for better stuff).