Haha Steve agreeing w/ you Golum.
Lukasz may have said it best in post 293 on Dec 13, 2021:
"Concerning the comparison to Pacific: I would say that the new tube section delivers more slamm, more PRAT, more legible soundscene, deeper stage, wider and higher boundaries of soundstage, better thread separation while the "togetherness" of musicians is also improved. Bass goes deeper and more bass nuances are there. The output impedance is much lower, making the amp interaction easier and bass better.
The digital section will add to it much higher resolution, extreme naturalness, human dimension to vocals, hair rising "you are there" factor. I dont wanna over-shoot here, but I would say the price difference perfectly reflects the superiority of the Horizon."
He later boiled it down to:
"The shortest description is: Horizon was designed for people, who think they hate digital, and who think they hate tubes."