If you buy your Shunyata cables from your friendly neighborhood dealer, as I do, upgrading to the newer model, if you feel the need, isn't much of an issue, or financialy painful. All my PC's are shunyata, having now 6 pythons, having upgraded from the copperheads, then the taipans, to the pythons (which I LOVE, along with the Hydra). ...and it was a fun upgrade path; the copperheads making their way to my computer, some traded in at a very generous discount to my newer ones. My dealer goes out of his way to get me into what I want; Samuel is right on that the PC's hold excellent alue, as good as (or better) than any other high end PC out there. I like buying an excellent product from a company who continues to push the envelope. The VRay is a very nice improvement over the standard hydra; this wouldn't have happened if they rested on thier laurels.
Besides, you don't have to buy them if you don't want to - and their coming out won't change the sound of the ones you have.
Besides, you don't have to buy them if you don't want to - and their coming out won't change the sound of the ones you have.