I had a chance to spend some time with this amp at the meet yesterday. First, it looks better in person than it does in the pics. The sound quality is excellent. It has a nice black backgound and doesn't seem to anything wrong. It is well worth the asking price and probably some more. It was in a loud meet (much of the time because of me) so I am not going into specifics. Suffice it to say, if I were in the market for a sub $1000 amp (with a bonus preamp), this would be very high on my list and probably on top.