Well Antonio, the TacT system does perfectly reproduce whatever is on the digital media being inputted to it IMO, and is vastly superior in most areas to ANY digital system I have heard  As for your comment about not hearing music, I listen for the music, through whatever I am using at the time. The kit itself lives or dies by how much it gets out of the way of the music.

And you are a fine one to talk my Portuguese friend  I've lost count of the component swaps you have had over the past year or so (various Tag upgrades, new Bryston, Proac CC2, Krell Showboat, new mains cables, new interconnects......... )

 

Stone throwing and glasshouses come to mind

 

Actually yes I do but that's besides the point! Now theoretically nothing's wrong with AV , but "been there - done that". Don't forget, we first spoke when I was into AV, at the time owning Meridian, Theta, Martin Logan, Rel et al.

My experience tells me that there is not an AV product out there that is not a compromise when it comes to music reproduction. Now everything is a compromise of some sort, the valve amp that is playing at the moment represents a different set of compromises to what I am used to (ie it preserves the analogue chain at the expense of power and detail retrieval). It's just that even the Theta Casablanca, which is IMHO the finest processor on the market for music replay, is a compromise compared with a good two channel preamp. A dedicated two channel rig will give most of us more pleasure, although you are obviously happy with the level that you are at.

The reason for the TT purchase was to try to understand what the otherside are harping on about. You have to live with products to truly understand the strengths and weaknesses. Getting a demo is no way to form a definitve judgement. I like this setup (Orbe/SME V/Koetsu/Audio Research/Merlin VSM. It's enjoyable and possesses many qualities you cannot get with SS or digital rigs. It also makes a lot of compromises! It is more a question of which qualities rock your boat than one being more valid than the other.

I took the plunge because I reckon if I decide to stick to digital, I can split this rig up and more than get my money back. I never buy new kit these days (remember the Krell thread), it's just too damned expensive.