Thanks for asking!
It’s a fun little amp. Plenty of power, and I’m perceiving more dynamics. But that could easily be something like increased bass or maybe even slower decay. But I’m perceiving it as increased dynamics to let’s go with that. It’s very lively and overall is a fun listen.
My comparator right now is a SPL Phonitor e, so any warmth or color is likely to be very prominent. The SPL is amazing though, so I’m sort of setting it up for failure. I’m still playing with it, but as of right now I’m very pleased with it.
As you know it’s light on features (balanced HP outputs or inputs most obviously), so I get why more people don’t choose this in the price range. But for sound quality I think it’s great at $500.