There were a lot of things I liked about the X1. The things I didn't like have already been discussed many times. However, one of the important reasons I allowed Tom C. to take it off my hands was the fact that I didn't really trust it to hold up night after night. There were a couple of minor problems that I couldn't get addressed without shipping it to N.Y. I didn't have a backup at the time because I never thought I needed one with Yamaha or Technics. I just didn't trust the Solton, knowing I couldn't get it repaired locally.
Probably never would have had a major problem, but . . . .
DonM