Things have proper volume and I LOVE having physical knobs to tune and adjust.

Superb preamps, smooth knobs, and crystal clear audio

The big shiny knobs are cool too :)

It's really solidly built with a nice anodized brushed aluminum chassis, big metallic volume knob, and smooth little plastic input knobs with backlights that help you set the input volume

The knobs especially, feel great when adjusting

The knobs next to the input sockets control the input gain

This is not necessary but it would be the ideal setup so you can actually control the output with the cool silver knob it has

Love the large monitor knob.

Small, smooth knobs for I/O volumes, crisp and clear sound, good choice.

The knobs all feel great

The Monoprice amp also have a metal body, as well as a metal volume knob, but it's definitely more bland and lacks that "eye candy" appeal that this has.

Quality construction, nice easy turn able knobs

It has a really sturdy metal body and great quality input jacks and knobs

Small, smooth knobs for I/O volumes, crisp and clear sound, good choice.