The sound is very good, to the extent that I enjoy listening to it as part of my second system nearly as much as I do my main one. I listen to it in an almost near field configuration as follows. Laptop (iTunes or Pandora), USB DAC (Audioquest Dragonfly) to Moonrover amp to B&W CDM1 speakers. For my tastes I am not a B&W speaker fan but in this case they work well. My main system is Peachtree pre, Theta Basic CD, Theta DS Pro DAC, Cary 808R (in triode mode) amp to Serie MMC Reference 2 speakers. This is mostly older stuff but is one of the best sounding setups I've ever had in our home.
To be fair in comparing the two Amps, before I bought it, I put the Russian amp in place of the Cary w/o the preamp and listened for about two hours to familiar CD and Apple TV selections. I was so impressed that, if I didn't already have the Cary, I'd be happy with this new amp as part of my main setup. They don't sound the same but they both sound wonderful.
To be fair in comparing the two Amps, before I bought it, I put the Russian amp in place of the Cary w/o the preamp and listened for about two hours to familiar CD and Apple TV selections. I was so impressed that, if I didn't already have the Cary, I'd be happy with this new amp as part of my main setup. They don't sound the same but they both sound wonderful.