AP3K is just cheap power, it's pretty straightforward, it will move your speakers for less money, but it's construction methods leaves some to be desired. It's got good parts in it, that isn't the problem. The problem is the ultra cheap ass circuit board and cheap hardware etc. If you are on a budget, get it, if you got more to spend, get something more expensive, will move your speakers good either way. May or may not last forever, though many people claim long life from them, I have worked on plenty, and also heard at one time the Massive P3000.1 had a 50% failure rate out of the box, and it's pretty much same as the ap3k. Made by FSA, the people who made the recalled RD 3250v2 amps and the fail audiopipe AQX3500.1 amp (same as RD 3250v2 board).