I think your plight is not unlike that of others. And that is part of the problem. Despite the value of loyalty Outlaw has to have new products that will be worth the expense of upgrading and interesting enough to attract new comers to the "posse". If all they did was "update" HDMI the dyed in the wool types (who frankly are probably off with something from an esoteric outlier like Cary...) might be pleased but the majority of folks that really do appreciate room correction and other advances would look elsewhere...

(and bass management is sorta similar too -- I know a big part of what I would hope to achieve with more modern room correction is incorporate newer / more subs into my system, not a whole lot of value in picking up ICBM to put back on the shelf...)