I do not doubt blogginitguys info as it would seem he is confident in his source and I am no expert. I think that the Monster does have a slightly higher noise level at .06 compared to the outlaws .03. In my setup I could not detect raised noise levels once my grounding issue was resolved. I have read only a few other post on other forums about the perfomance of this amp and they too were very positive. The only reason I returned mine was the size and space issue this beast presented given that the other channels had to be ran by another 2-4 channel amp or the unused amps of a reciever being use as a preamp. This amp weighed in at 92lbs and was about 21 inches deep. This is just my two cents hope it can help others who are considering this amp