Assuming all other factors have been examined, and there is a 'real' difference,
At 71, I am very realistic regarding 'will I use it? benefit from it? resale value?
Like you, I look at the extra money over time to help decide
cameras: I look at the extra cost over 3 years for a camera, because technology, features are still progressing. I get a 3 year accidental warranty, expecting to get a new model when that is done. I also wait, stay back a generation, to save cost and let others prove reliability
audio, a much longer, or nearly forever decision, technology changes, if any, even if real, don't often pass a blind listening test,
it will be for a long time, so I first clarify required specs and features, then exhaust myself in research, ... I don't want to learn about something I didn't know about a week after I made a decision.
Also, is something better because of something else, or itself. Is something great dismissed because it is compromised by something else (someone messed up a camera's settings, someone left the loudness circuit on, ... so many factors ...
yes, over time.
At 71, I am very realistic regarding 'will I use it? benefit from it? resale value?
Like you, I look at the extra money over time to help decide
cameras: I look at the extra cost over 3 years for a camera, because technology, features are still progressing. I get a 3 year accidental warranty, expecting to get a new model when that is done. I also wait, stay back a generation, to save cost and let others prove reliability
audio, a much longer, or nearly forever decision, technology changes, if any, even if real, don't often pass a blind listening test,
it will be for a long time, so I first clarify required specs and features, then exhaust myself in research, ... I don't want to learn about something I didn't know about a week after I made a decision.
Also, is something better because of something else, or itself. Is something great dismissed because it is compromised by something else (someone messed up a camera's settings, someone left the loudness circuit on, ... so many factors ...
yes, over time.