I got Powertracks when Cakewalk was still cakewalk (not sonar). Back at version 2.1 or so of PT. So I've seen them both develop, and others like Reaper jump into business. Reaper is a different way of going about things. Powerful but it takes some thinking to understand. For me, since I was weened on PT, RB is a very comfortable DAW. Digital audio is digital audio.. so once the soundcard converts the sound to digital audio it will sound the same in any DAW as raw audio.

What you do with plugins and routing after that will make a difference, and I can assemble those aspects in RB quickly and efficiently while still leaving the options open for either incorporating another synth (sampler) sound or adding more realtracks. This alone tends to keep me in RB until I find something I need that it can't do (which isn't very often). And even then I'll often do what I need in the other software, and export it back to RB to keep on working. That's just how I work. Many others get the job done in various other ways. Do what you are comfortable with.

For me, the help available on this forum removed a lot of the frustration I found when looking for help on other products/forums. So that's another reason to consider learning RB.

I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!