Very discouraging the number of amp/dsp failures I read about in these little powered guys.
Says something about the current ownership IMHO.
Or previous leadership, pre-Samsung...
I'll quote Sidney Harman
“The American idea is to do the designing and marketing, and let manufacturing be done by the most labor-intensive nation,” said Harman, who was undersecretary of commerce for Jimmy Carter. “We as a company reject that. We believe the garden in which innovation grows is on the manufacturing floor.”
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-24-fi-935-story.html
Even his mistakes have a different flavor than today's approach of profits above all.
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/21/...led-test-worker-democracy.html?pagewanted=all
Under Sidney Harman, his companies were known for reliability and performance. You could buy refoam or recone kits for just about anything, including vintage gear.
Under subsequent leadership, profits skyrocketed and the $8B buyout from Samsung was a great thing for shareholders. But it has lead to today's world of buggy Arcam AVRs and failing active speakers. You get exemplary performance but it is still built to a price and philosophy of replacement rather than repair. The subsequent management did the right thing for shareholders and the company, but it came at the expense of the enthusiast and value-priced studio speaker line.
Under Samsung, we've seen some innovative speakers come out. Time will tell if Samsung's electronics manufacturing know-how trickles down into Harman. Since Harman is run semi-independently, it might not.