Agree, based on what has been said in the past few weeks by Ted and Paul there are no immediate plans to replace or physically update the DS Sr. The release of the TSS (Obsidian) and the replacement for the DS Jr. are in line before anything is done with the Directstream Sr. So if anything the "Black Friday" sale. However if you think the Directstream is dated an FPGA based alternative with a similar sound profile is the Aqua La Voce S3. It's internals are entirely modular and made up of multiple task specific boards that can be user replaceable if and when there is an update. List price is $4300. I own both and switch back and forth.
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