While it is good amp in the meaning of power, I actually have not very good speakers, so I miss equalization. I am using SW equalizer, so OK. The reason why only 3 stars: hiss. My goal is to have it almost always on, and I use it with my desktop speakers. When there is no sound, You can hear hiss. I deal with that by maximizing PC volume and lowering volume on amp. Then it is OK. Downside of this solution is, that volume regulation becomes tricky - knob micro movement will change it a lot. You may think, that this is a problem with speakers, but I have much less hiss when using old Tesla amp (with even longer and worse cables). This is nice and powerful amp, it could be great, but is not ...
While it is good amp in the meaning of power, I actually have not very good speakers, so I miss equalization. I am using SW equalizer, so OK. The reason why only 3 stars: hiss. My goal is to have it almost always on, and I use it with my desktop speakers. When there is no sound, You can hear hiss. I deal with that by maximizing PC volume and lowering volume on amp. Then it is OK. Downside of this solution is, that volume regulation becomes tricky - knob micro movement will change it a lot. You may think, that this is a problem with speakers, but I have much less hiss when using old Tesla amp (with even longer and worse cables). This is nice and powerful amp, it could be great, but is not ...