Why Yamaha
When you begin to compare amplifiers and performance of other brands, consider the history. Yamaha has over a hundred years of history with musical instruments and electronics and has again and again shown unequivocal determination and ingenuity to creating and reproducing the highest quality sound. Some believe that newer, more expensive amps such has Mark Levinson(1972), McIntosh(1949), Krell(1980) out preform the Yamaha's, but with a small amount of research you can discover that these brands pale in comparison in experience and quality of Yamaha (1887). Price is not a substitute for quality.