I legitimately found this amp to sound as good as my $2000 Integra amp. The Integra had a bunch more bells and whistles almost all of which were useless, but the Onkyo did everything it needed to do, and once it had an EQ done on it, it sounded fantastic through my Paradigm Studio 60s. Technically it's not nearly a good enough amp for those speakers but that's exactly my point - other cheap amps I've used have been exactly that - cheap. This does not look cheap, does not feel cheap, and certainly does not sound cheap. That is all.