I received mine early this afternoon, it was packaged well to protect against any mishandling. As
@Aardappel already showed and talked about the case is very nice.
I have about 4 hours of listening through it now with both digital and analog sources. Very impressed. How does it stacks up against my Crown XLS 1502 that replaces it? Much better highs, less rolled off, crystal clear is the best words I can use. The mids are more clear. Bass is the same. The noise floor is certainly lower.
The crown does have more power as expected. The same music that I had my pre-amp set to "25" now needs to be at "29-30" to get to 79-80db from my listening position. The AMP does not got hot or even really warm.
As far as, "Was it worth the upgrade"? The Crown XLS was a great deal for the ~$365 I paid for it. So for an additional $614 was it worth it? I think so. I guess the best way to put it was the Crown got me 85% of the way to what I would consider amazing. This put my system up to 99% amazing. To be honest I am not sure what would put it too 100%, maybe better mastering's of all my favorite songs?
Very impressed with the Purifi tech and the build quality vs cost of this VTV amp.