Faulty components seem to be an everyday pain these days, quality control ain't 
what it once was.


On 25/12/2011, at 5:38 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:

> Hello Dennis
> 
> The latest on this is that the fault was caused by a batch of components used 
> to manufacture a large number of UK models. These are supposedly being 
> withdrawn and replaced when faults occur without question.
> 
> We love the unit as a whole; but let's see how the next one goes.
> 
> Lynne
> 
> 
> On 24 Dec 2011, at 13:46, Thejazzden wrote:
> 
> Lynn, I Would ask for a refund or them to replace with the new model when it 
> comes out if they have  acknowledged two faultsz. The one on the Cd is 
> potentially damaging.
> Dennis. 
> 
> Dennis Freedman
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> 
> On 24 Dec 2011, at 13:31, "Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello everybody
>> 
>> Recently, a member of our household bought a Yamaha desktop audio system for 
>> my other half. Unfortunately, we are now in a situation where we're without 
>> the unit, owing to a design flaw which Yamaha have acknowledged.
>> 
>> For whatever reason, the tuner on a very few models is suspect. Typical of 
>> our luck, ours is one of those which is affected. We have the TSX-140 which, 
>> I'm told, will soon be superseded anyway by the TSX-150. All of these models 
>> share a design flaw in the tuner which, in certain circumstances, can cause 
>> the tuner to get stuck in tuning mode, affecting both FM and DAB/DAB+. It's 
>> as though the unit its receiving no signal; and the only fix for this 
>> problem is to return the unit to Yamaha for replacement or repair.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, ours went wrong just before the inconvenience which is 
>> Christmas. So although we could use is as a CD player and iPod dock, we've 
>> been advised not to do so. Another flaw with these machines is that 
>> occasionally, the CD motor can stick resulting in stuck or severely 
>> scratched CDs. That's what the technical support agent at Yamaha told me on 
>> the phone yesterday. Ours hasn't manifested that problem; but we've been 
>> told to watch out for it when we get our unit, hopefully, replaced. It's 
>> less than a month old; so I would expect them to replace the entire unit.
>> 
>> All this is really unfortunate, because in terms of audio output the units 
>> are excellent. Each speaker consists of its own tweeter and woofer, built 
>> into unique acoustic chambers so as to produce the best possible audio. My 
>> one criticism of the TSX range is the cabinet itself. It's made from what 
>> looks like a thin chipboard like material. Not anywhere close to, for 
>> instance, the old Akkai unit we had back in the 1970s which was built into a 
>> solid teak cabinet. It too used unique acoustic chambers for its 4-way dual 
>> speaker system. Obviously that unit didn't have the same digital 
>> amplification circuitry as the Yamaha does, nor did it have digital radio 
>> which didn't even exist in those days. But it did have a very good FM tuner 
>> and dual cassette decks. But I'm babbling; let's just hope that next time we 
>> don't get one of those defective models.
>> 
>> Lynne
>> 
>> 
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