Anthem 225 vs Yamaha A-S2000

Sorry to be blunt about this, but I once owned a Bada product and the thing broke down after 2 months - I could hardly get any service on it and sold it for audiophile peanuts. Sounded ok, but not great. I suggest you open your Bada up and have a look inside. Then have a look inside the Anthem 225, the parts quality, and if you know a bit about amp construction - the layout, the overall execution - as one review said it best - this is no flimsy integrated. Better get a good solid state OR a good tube amp instead of a compromised hybrid design like the Bader.

As owner of an Anthem, I'll put in my vote for taht one.

Soniqmike, my friend owns the bada amp and he has had it for only 3 weeks and has had no problems with it yet. I'm thinking about trying out the Yamaha later on....

I talked to Walter at underwoodhifi.com and he had a yamaha a-s2000 and Luxman l550 in for trade-ins and they compared the two and the Yamaha a-s2000 sounded better than the $$$4800 Luxman l550 !

I can also highly recommend the Anthem. Ours is now driving Revel M22's in the bedroom system with really nice and convincing sound.
Prior to that, we enjoyed it in our main system (driving F52's at that time), where we eventually upgraded to an Accuphase E450 (which definitely plays in a different category and opens up a whole new set of details, no contest).
Long before that, I had Yamaha amps, but can't really comment on how those compare, as they were driving speakers in a very different category.

In it's price range, I think the Anthem can hold it's own very well, especially if you need some power and prefer the uncluttered concept of good integrated amps.