Digital Amps - Your opinions and why so few?


Hi, I'm in the market for new amps for Maggie 3.6r's and just wondered what your experiences/opinions are on digital amps.
The technology seems well developed, and the advantages seem very tangible 'on paper'. I spoke with a tech guy at Tact Audio concerning their S2150 amp, and the 'specs' are very impressive. They amps also provide the facility to replace the speaker x-over. In a 2-way speaker, you can use two digital amps and program each amp with the associated crossover parameters.
I also spoke yesterday with a real gentleman, Henry, the designer/founder of H2O digital amps. I found him by following a buzz on the apogee audio website, where people using the difficult to drive apogees are dumping off their big Krells and Pass amps, and getting in the queue for the H2O. The few people already using the H20's are raving about them.
Then of course there are the Spectron amps, though I read somewhere recently that they may be going out of business?

The point is, if this technology has matured, and these amps can compete with convential amps, and they are cheaper, lighter, give off less heat, generate higher watts from a smaller/lighter chasis, and.....wait for it....may actually sound better dollar for dollar, why don't we see more of them around?

Rooze
PS - I'm considering dropping big $$$$$ on a pair of new S2150 Tact digitals, please, please talk me out of it, and tell me these amps are crap....
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I am a dealer for the new Flying Mole digital amps. Shown at Cedia a few weeks ago, their is a review in the current edition of Widescreen Review by Gary Altunian. For addt'l comments see www.stereotimes.com and search for the review of the Von Schweikert dB99 high efficiency speakers. The writer comments on the DAD-M100 pro here as well. Affordably priced, compact in design, efficient and generating little heat, these 100watt giant killers have attracted lots of attention lately for 2ch and HT application.
See the site at www.flyingmoleelectronics.com or www.esotericaudiovideo.com for more info