Playback Designs MPS-5 related question....

FYI, the Music Playback DAC is software upgradeable, sooo the mkII line of thinking doesn't really apply. You simply download the latest algorithms and wah-lah :)

The problem is when they introduce "next generation" and your unit cannot be upgraded. I wonder yout thought on the sugject with this company (Tinn etc) ?

I guess I don't get your line of thought. So you are saying that it is a problem because in 1- 2 years there may be a hardware upgrade and you don't want to send it in? Sorry, but this line of thought would have precluded me from buying my iPhone, my computer the navigation system being installed in my car...just about ANY Audio Research Corp piece of gear (which actually it did preclude me from buying LOL :).

I mean its tech and tech changes, but I seriously doubt that there will be any major hardware changes in the next yer or 2.., I mean most people have barely figured out how to get 24/96 out of there computer...

If when they produce "next generation" as you put it, do what most people do (if you have to have the "next generation") sell the current gen and buy the new gen.

I have had minimal contact with JTinn but I have always found him to be honest and forthright and even when I mentioned competing products such as the AMR gear he has never had a bad or negative thing to say. That is more than I can say for some of the clowns I have had contact me trying to sell me modified Blu Ray players (for ridiculous prices) without disclosing their identities...you know who you are.