[nooneelse]

The nexus Q includes the sound amp. This doesn't. Not really similar capabilities.

Which isn't to say the Q's inclusion of the amp is a good move overall. It isn't something most geeky people really need --since hooking up a receiver is something learned back from hi-fi systems onward (back when being a sound-system geek was a possible edge in getting laid, so had plenty of motivation/social-currency) or from our dads (who learned it from those hi-fi systems onward)--. And the it doesn't seem to simplify things enough for the non-geeky.

[bostonvaulter2]

I think any serious audiophile would just get their own better sound amp anyway and most people won't care enough as long as their speakers are loud.