I continue to be amazed at Boulder's track record in this regard. Other manufacturers change designs and update components slightly every few years to get you to upgrade; the exception being digital components where progress continues to be made. I had the chance to visit the Boulder facility a few months ago and I can tell you that everything is done in house; designs, casework, surface mount technology. I suppose they change components through the years but the design is rock solid and the results are stunning in my view. They did a demo of the 1021 CD player playing high resolution files from the network, through an 810 pre-amp, and a 2060 amp on Wilson Alexandria IIs. If you add up all the dollars that we spend upgrading through the years vs the cost of a single purchase that lasts 10-12 years, I will bet the economics of the more expensive Boulder purchase looks pretty good. The problem is having the money for the original purchase! Can you say lottery win!
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 ???