"But in a few months to a year from now it is hard to get good money for a used Da7.. So i thought it would be better to get "newer" equipment soon."

Never mind months, try now. I've been trying to sell my DA7/meter bridge/3xADAT card for months. No sale and going cheap, so I goina keep it for while then get something later. Here in Australia the RAMSA is not very well known, everyone goes for Yamaha. Maybe if Panasonic kept going things may have been different, but who wants a product that can't be upgraded or supported.
The 01V96 in my opinion is not better than the DA7 but then it's not worse. It has features that the DA7 doesn't have.
Have a look at the latest Sound on Sound August edition there is a write-up on the 01V96.

Nick