OMG! Most beautiful receiver ever!! From Samsung!

[Buckeye_Nut]

I'm not a fan of silver components. Everything I have is all black (except my ugly HD-DVR)

 

[highfihoney]

I'm not a fan of silver components. Everything I have is all black (except my ugly HD-DVR)

Same here with the exception of vintage silver components with thick brushed aluminum faces,the modern silver plastic looking gear looks tacky to me.

 

[Seth=L]

Same here with the exception of vintage silver components with thick brushed aluminum faces,the modern silver plastic looking gear looks tacky to me.

I do like the vintage receivers with the glass displays and aluminum trim. I guess a lot of people love them because they rake in the bucks on Ebay, especially upper end Pioneers and the Marantz. McIntosh maintains the look with their newest components to give those that like the vintage look the best of both worlds.

 

[highfihoney]

The reason i really like the vintage silver gear is because it was made to look substanial with the thick face,one of my biggest gripes with alot of modern gear is how flimsy & cheap looking the build quality is,the way i see it is if a guy is going to spend $1,000 on a receiver or amplifier it should look like more than a hunk of plastic or flimsy sheet metal.

 

[Johnd]

The reason i really like the vintage silver gear is because it was made to look substanial with the thick face,one of my biggest gripes with alot of modern gear is how flimsy & cheap looking the build quality is,the way i see it is if a guy is going to spend $1,000 on a receiver or amplifier it should look like more than a hunk of plastic or flimsy sheet metal.

I agree. My old Kenwood amp (circa 1980) had a face plate nearly 1/4" thick of brushed aluminum...probably about $25.00 scrap these days. Sweet!

 

[hemiram]

Look at this way - at least Yamaha hasn't yet succumbed to the 'me too' attitude so prevalent in the CE industry. A few years ago, HK added the stupid blue light around the volume knob and now practically every manufacturer does the same thing. Sharp TVs have it, my Creative computer speakers have a super bright LED, my favorite receiver brand (Onkyo) does it and on and on....

Amber is far easier on the eyes than super bright Neon Blue, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder for sure.

I think amber is the single most annoying color there is for a display, It wouldn't be much of a big deal to make the display switch color. I have the option on a couple of other devices and it's nice to make it look the way you want it to. My Sharp TV has a green LED that doesn't annoy me in the slightest.

 

[hemiram]

I like blue too, just not in room with no light outside of the display you are using to watch a movie and a extra bright blue light to distract you.

You must be very easily distracted. I don't really understand how a non blinking light can distract you. I've never seen an LCD that is bright enough to do that to me..

 

[Buckeye_Nut]

My Direct TV DVR has a ring of blue lights that are quite distracting when watching movies or TV in darkness. Luckily....they can easily be turned off or they would drive me nuts

 

[MDS]

You must be very easily distracted. I don't really understand how a non blinking light can distract you. I've never seen an LCD that is bright enough to do that to me..

You've never seen the 1 million candlepower (yes, I exaggerate) green LED on the power button of my cable box. I resorted to putting a piece of brown packaging tape over it to tone down the brightness.

 

[hemiram]

I only had to do something like that once, I had a clock radio with a bright yellow LED that was pointed right at my head when I was asleep. It was the FM stereo indicator, and it stayed on all the time, no matter if the radio was on or off. Turned out the radio was always on, but the audio amp was turned on and off by the alarm. I got out my box of old LEDs and put the dimmest red one I could find in the hole, and then put some of this blue sealant I had over it, and it made a nice dim purple light.