Digital BW, The Print

Again, I'm relatively inexperienced and unsophisticated (no this is 
not one of those porno lines).  I have been unhappy with my B&W scans 
and noticed that a friend had better results with his 
now-out-of-production Agfa duoscan HiD than I do with my approx. $3k 
desktop film scanner.  I've been scouring around on ebay and noticed 
an Agfa T2500 for sale (at a not particularly cheap price) and did a 
little research and have seen that it was there 'top of the line' 
professional scanner.  Capable of 2500 DPI optical res. with pretty 
good numbers.  I now know that the software is at least as important 
as the specs and, as I said the Agfa seems pretty good on that count.
Question:  Anybody familiar with this scanner and its software?  Are 
there any reasons to believe that this type of scanner (dual) can 
compete with a Nikon or Polaroid or Minolta film scanner for B&W 
scanning bragging rights?  Any comments on it?  Lastly, the newer 
Microtek bears a strong family resemblance to the Agfa (someone 
actually said that when Agfa left the scanner business Microtek 
employed their designer) model 1800f; would that be a better unit 
than the Agfa?
Thanks
Marcello
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