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[Edit] Worrying comments about Yamaha fit and finish there chaps. My own experiences of older Yamaha gear (from 1996 - 2007) were that it was built to last and nothing ever fell off! (Unlike NAD which had worse build quality than Fisher Price and that is NOT hyperbole but based on personal experience of NAD and knowing how well built my eldest girl's Fisher Price cassette was.)
Chebby,ive done a bit of trawling through my old mags regarding Yamaha build quality. Not a hint of anything untoward,quite the opposite. I guess if you were to look at one in sevenoaks,then it would look and feel like its been dropped off a bridge. From my experience these hifisupermarkets dont give a flying what their products look like to the punter. I dont think Yamaha would let anything flimsy go out on the market, they are trying to get back into the hifi side of things again , not nail the lid on the coffin for good.
Indeed and I, in no way, tried to imply that Yamaha products are badly built. A careless assistant is all it takes but to me, those tone control levers on the new amps both look and feel flimsy and the look is both monolithic and hardly inventive, wooden sideburns notwithstanding. I think Luxman and Macintosh have it right in that respect. As always, just my opinion.