During the early part of beta, I called Peter directly whenever I had a question - at his home or office. He also called me many times and always asked how I liked the sound. He was always very proud of how the 950 turned out and how it was even better than they had hoped for. If they've left out a few bells and whistles (custom named inputs, for example) that definitely wasn't the case when it came to anything related to producing great sound.
I never got the impression that they were holding anything back from the 950 implementation in order to leave room for a high-end model later.
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