And you're probably not the only one. I do think traditional tuners will become increasingly irrelevant as time passes.

As far as new features, we're NOT talking changed hardware, you know? It's about things like a phase control on the sub out, a setting to shut off 'double bass' mixing on 6 channel inputs and maybe adding new modes, that sort of stuff. Maybe gain for LFE vs SUB, etc. The things one could do with flashable firmware in the next 12-24 months, as the 'new' wears off the 950. If the new modes/features were significant the old hardware could be sold as the 951, which replaced the 950 and 950 owners could get a 'free' 951 update.

The old hardware can STILL be sold as a 951 with significant new features in firmware, but the marketing mileage is greatly decreased if existing customers have to trade in or open up their boxes to get the benefit.

Field updates provide a lot of leverage potential, and while socketed EPROM is great it doesn't, IMO, qualify as field upgradeable except in the very loosest sense of the term.