Oh Mr. customer, I forgot one thing. While it is true the number of magnetic particles per second is high, it is a poor analogy to compare to digital. A tape head does not read single particles, It reads all particles under the tape head at once, and when the tape moves, it is not exposed to a single new particle, but a whole row of particles. All the particles in a line act as one particle no matter how many of them.
Our competitor makes a good product, but the technology has fundamental flaws that cannot be overcome without starting from scratch and redesigning everything rendering everything you have already obsolete. Even then, many of those fundamental flaws will exist. I applaud their pushing their technology to its practical limits, however, if the benefits they claim existed, they would be able to easily able to demonstrate their advantages, not just write about them. Any time you wish to compare the two technologies side by side, whether using measurements or with a listening test, we will provide our equipment to participate in that testing at the venue of your choice. Other customers of ours have attempted to do a similar head to head test, but our competitor has not participated as of yet.
@budlite22 , be happy they used a DSD4x digital transfer. It ensured you got the best quality possible. If they used analog tape, there would have been a loss of quality, especially with their process where they make the limited use stamper from the laquer which I believe means they need to play the tape lots of times.