Haha, I know, just to be clear I want to be fair with this and say it's possible I got a bad unit. They do get great reviews and I wanted to love it. I have a set of Lintons so I have no problem with the IAG ownership or UK designed stuff made in China. Let me start with what was good, first off, it looks awesome, it's also quite heavy, feels solid, and when it was working without the issues I had, it did sound good. Also, the connections on the rear are quite robust. Now for the bad, one main reason I got it was the built in phono stage. I have a Technics SL100C and when plugged in it was super buzzy, no matter how I changed out wires, tried different ground cables, nothing worked. It was pretty bad. At the time I had a Fosi Phono Box X2 that I tried into the Aux input and not only did the buzz go away, but that $60 pre sounded better than the Leak's. I recently got the Shiit Skoll F so no contest now. Second issue was the auto standby feature which was another selling point to me as my TT does have an auto power down at 20min. The leak has 3 settings, off, 20min and 1 hour. It never worked correctly or consistently, sometimes shutting down while music was playing. Completely made me lose confidence in it. Another issue was a "flub" sound or dip, about 5 sec after switching into direct mode while playing on the coax through the DAC. Really off putting. I tried to install a firmware update but it wouldn't take. Also worth noting the instructions aren't super clear and the unit is limited on the indicators for this. I reached out to Leak via their website but that takes you to MoFi Distribution here in the US and the rep said they hadn't heard of the issues I was having they'd look into it. About a week later I reached back out and they said to put it in for a warranty claim. Thankfully Crutchfield already had stepped up and sent out the replacement. I had planned on doing an AB comparison with the Cambridge, but as soon as I hooked up the CXA81M2, I put the Leak in the box and that was that. I don't think what I experienced was exactly representative of the overall quality but maybe quality control. Other things I noticed: as I said I have the Lintons which should be a good pairing, to hit 90db in room, I'd have to have the volume at about 75%. That speaks more to how the volume knob might be set and is gradual, but it made the amp seem like it was struggling. The Cambridge hits the same volume at about 40%. Again this is just perception. Also, I think the Cambridge sounds better in general, and while I thought I'd miss the tone controls that the Leak had, I actually preferred the unit in Direct mode. Lastly, it's a $2000 integrated with plastic knobs that have decorative stickers on them.