Analogue systems

hello all
my first message here so I guess a little introduction is apropriate:
I'm an improvising musician from Amsterdam/Holland (trained as a 
pianist) and I work a lot with analogue stuff and personal 
modifications to it. The last years mostly on the EMS Synthi AKS but 
also on a hybrid doepfer/AS (well 90 % AS really). 
I was just looking on the module list on the AS site and saw the 
spring reverb has disapeared. I personaly love the sound of springs
(I have 2 AS spring modules myself, and have attatched other springs)
and I really think there is no digital substitute. 
Digital reverbs etc. can be great, but it's a different 
soundworld/domain altogether I think....
Lately there has been a lot of focus on the digital domain by AS and 
that makes me wonder.
It's called ANALOGUE systems after all....
And I'm a big fan of AS, that's why I'm a bit disapointed an esential 
module like the spring-reverb is gone
What do you people think about this?
best wishes
Giw