Well, the original question in this thread (before it got derailed somewhat) was a bit different:
I still believe that if you want to spend that kind of money it may well be worth looking at some of the alternatives, like the Zeiss 8x32 FL or the Nikon 8x32 SE. Both the Zeiss and the Nikon are *optically* better than the Leica 8x32 BN. Not by a huge margin, but they're better.
If you already have the Leica, however, things are totally different. In that case it's a question of whether the slightly better optics warrant spending a lot of money on a new pair. But that wasn't the question of the original poster.
BTW, I'm sticking to my combination of a Leica 8x32 BA and a Zeiss Victory II 10x40 which I both got when they were new on the market. I personally don't think the improvements in optics are such that I'm prepared to spend a lot of money on getting one of the latest alphas. I did get a Nikon 10x42 SE however, simply because I generally prefer porros over roofs. And I got it for a very good price.
Hermann