Ok, energeeser; let's consider it.
If the new technology does make the finest current amplifiers redundant....
The joy of those who enjoy these fine amplifiers today will not diminish in the future.
So why would prices plummet?
Electrical current technology used in these presently modern amplifiers is akin to contemporary airplane construction. A body and 2 wings. Certainly there will be improvement in some details;but there is good knowledge of aerodynamics from the study of fish and birds.
Today's great conventional amplifier builders, like Spectral Audio for example, are and have been
for some time creating amplifiers that are like sharks; very nicely evolved using refinements of well known scientific (or I should say 'nature's) principles based on "the basics"-- electricity,magnetism and heat--and their effects on "jiggling atoms" (per Dick Fynman;-thanks Dick). These fundamental properties are not changing;so, like your 1995 Roll Royce will get you from A to B very nicely,particularly compared to our modern lightweight mass market autos,
your high quality amplifier from 1995 will continue to provide very enjoyable musical pleasure.
And don't forget there will always be an endless number of people who can't quite afford today's finest; but will be delighted to obtain them used.
This was stated rather elegantly by my dear Grandmother who always advised me to buy the best true quality I could afford. Her old adage was simple. "Buy cheap, buy dear." as you'll soon be replacing the cheap - at a higher cost..Twas ever thus.......
