i had a tigris for about 8-months. i thought it sounded very good. it has much flexibility with all its "bells and whistles" . it did start to exibit some "pops and clicks" thru the speakers towards the end of my ownership-don't know if this was a bad tube or maybe a bad tube socket. mesa does seem to be backing out of the home audio market in my area. ??..........good listening.....