Unbelievable

I'm a huge fan of Yamaha products and still own a Yamaha surround sound HTR 5760 receiver from the early 2000's. High current, Top Art equals best possible parts and sounds very good in stereo as well but doesn't do HDMI but i don't care about that. Well enough small talk, I do think you should give these speakers a try as you might be very impressed.

phd,

still own a Yamaha surround sound HTR 5760 receiver from the early 2000's.

That is one busy rear panel.

I'm a little late to this party and many of you are not likely to see my post but for those that do here is something to consider.

You can make fun of Yamaha for the reference to a glossy black piano finish but how do you reconcile that with the documentation on  Stradivarius instruments which employed a unique varnish that contributes to the quality of the sound?  A varnish that cannot be duplicated today was used to produce the best instruments ever.  

I own a Yamaha electric guitar made in 1985 lawsuit, SBG  model  as they were called ,Santana endorsed it ,Gibson wasn’t interested, Yamaha set out to prove they could make a great guitar,.The workmanship was incredible, where they fell short was the pic-ups ,Gibson had the sound. 

"There are many important factors which effect speaker sound including the outside enclosure. With that said I don't think Yamahas claim that the external finish improves signal to noise is too far fetched.