Calling the 950's technology dated is ridiculous. The model is older, but that in no way means the sound is diminished. If you do something right it will last a long time. How old is Dolby Digital and DTS format? I'm under the impression that the newer 6.1, 7.1, (etc...) formats are spins of those.

I recently purchased a brand new CD receiver for my car that has a model year begining with "19", IIRC. It has no bells and whistles, but you would have to do quite a bit of searching around to find something better as far as clean sound is concerned.

Audio should be hearing is believing, not seeing.