How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC

BTW - the Mola Mola Tambaqui was actually designed around 2005 by Bruno P. I would love to own one if it cost under $3k Bruno mentioned the history of the DAC in an interview on ASR. The Tambaqui DAC was originally the DAC module in the Makua preamp.

The architecture of a DAC can matter too. Many on here have bought 8+ year old PS Audio Perfect Wave DACs from The Music Room, or direct from PS Audio, and say they sound great for the money - even compared to new DACs costing about the same. They were on close out or refurbed because their newer one is now out. They use an FPGA chip which had a firmware update a year or so ago making them sound great, especially at ~1/3rd the original price. 

My only concern is that well, everything will at some point wear out, but we hopefully can assume that modern quality devices made since 2010 use capacitors that don't change value over time and they should last decades. 

@kraftwerkturbo  - hello, did you start using the M1 DAC and if so, how do you like it.  How does it compare to your modern DAC?  Asking because there is one for sale near me and am considering getting it....thanks!!

@johnnokathi Nope, still sitting there were I parked it. Not connected. Too many other projects ahead of the comparison (Schiit 3 vs M1).