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How does Boulder equipment avoid obsolescence?

I am going to ask the question it seems no one else is asking. In this time of here today gone tomorrow technology, how does Boulder continue to essentially run the same lines year after year? Case in point the 2050,2060,2010,and 2020 line have been in production for over 13 years now. The only thing that has changed in that time is the price, which keeps going upward 2050's now go for 83k, the original price was 59k. Look I understand that good engineering is a big part of their success i get that, It seems the space shuttle was once cutting edge technology in its time too, but no more. As it will technology has a shelf life why not the Boulders ?? For those curious of my diatribe on Boulder the why, I am considering purchasing the 1012 as a one box front end solution and can't help but wonder am i buying old technology here ???
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Companies that come out with new versions of their gear billed as a huge sonic breakthrough each year, are simply trying to make $. Most of the technology doesn't change that much from year to year, and in some cases the older parts sound better than the newer parts. DACs and computer audio are the one big exception there.

I suspect Boulder does use some different parts in a piece they build today versus the same piece built 5 years ago. They just don't choose to re-brand it and send all of their current customers scurrying for the latest changes. I bet if you called them you could verify that.
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