Quote Originally Posted by blackraven
RR, I'm not criticizing you or the amp. I was just pointing out that there is another monoblock out there that is similar. If you re-read my last post, I said that both are good buys and that the Emo looks better. My only negative comment was the XLR's which are not truly balanced. They could have left these off and charged less!
I agree that the Emo amp looks better. However, you were implying that these are two amp that are probably quite equal in performance. That is where I disagree from my initial reading about this UPA-1. I think the build quality is most likely superior with better performance in amp noise and brute power.

Just wanted to point out what might be a huge seller for Emotiva. If my initial opinion is wrong, I'll eat my Emotiva t-shirt (I haven't ordered it yet).