Better is subjective. The S950 is a 12-bit/48kHz sampler, which is pretty atrocious resolution by today's standards. Accuracy is less subjective, and one can quantitatively prove that a 24-bit/96kHz sample on a modern machine is more accurate than a 12-bit/48kHz sample (most users used lower sample rates to save memory and fit more samples in at once).

I happen to like gritty old sounds, too. Though I've gone even further back...I use a C64 and a GameBoy as my primary electronic instruments lately.