Monster Amps, why so cheap?

I've seen a very few on e-bay go for under $1500, but was afraid to buy because unsure how good they were. I guess I should have bought one and tried it.

The five channel is new, and won't be discounted as much.

Thanks for the input, now I need to decide if I want to go with the 3 channel and the 2 channel, or just find the monster 5 channel. I will be using this for a second home theater system upstairs, with occasional 2 channel listening.

Agree with Porschecab. The MSRP was $2500 for the 2-channel and $3K for the 3-channel. Large quantites of them won't move fast at that price, hence the liquidation-style selloff. I got mine (2-channel) about a year ago off eBay, and now you can get a new 3-channel one for about $200 less than mine was (it was also BNIB).

As far as sound comparisons, I don't have any refrence to compare it to, but one thing I can say is that it will probably drive almost anything out there with ease.

Has anyone heard any of the monster cable amps, and if so what do they compare to?

No, Monster BLEW them out to dealers and others, hence the inexpensive availability. Great amps for the $'s.