Actually, I think it's kinda stupid that V2s have been going down in price. There will come a day when the V3 owners want different a>d.
fwiw the V3 has analog outs for those situations
This is true. But I have $700 leftover to buy an a>d.
I'm not trying to suggest that there's anything wrong with a V3. I'd like one myself. But with V2s going for $550-650 I think it's a helluva deal. And because I almost always record 24 bit on a laptop, the 'space saving' feature of the V3's built in a>d isn't worth that much too me cause I already got a big bag and my a>d is small.
The other factor is when I record 4 track (board+mics) I want analog output so the a>d can clock them the same. So we're all happy!
And you can't tell me that you actually prefer that V3 power connector to a nice solid, locking 4 pin connector