Not much consensus on ‘tone suck’ here when folk were asked to do a blind test (of sorts) … take from it what you will, but I take from it that the myth is way stronger than the reality merits and is meaningless in the context of time stretching anyway (if you use that)
It strikes me that it’s really not possible to explore what the OT can do for you in two weeks, so the perceived minuses can’t be balanced against the perceived pluses until you have enough time to find what those will be for you … I think the pluses take time to discover
You also can’t compare a single send FX pair to 8 pairs of flexible FX slots which obviously can’t demand the same of the CPU - the OT effects need more tinkering from default and you’ve got the flexibility of Neighbour FX tracks and Master FX Tracks
The DT seems to have some mojo which is not something i’d say about the OT, but the OT rewards patience and it makes a perfect hub if you have midi gear or want to skip a mixer for hooking up 4 ins … the OT does so much more but it takes a lot more time to get how it’ll do your thing