Dear Mahesh,
I'm not trying to be confrontational; I enjoy and appreciate your posts here.
But I'm not sure I find this subsidiary theory compelling.
IF (gargantuan "if") Hitachi-branded products are substandard, I don't think it necessarily translates to the products of other, separately managed, separately engineered companies. Hitachi makes cranes and bulldozers. Mitsubishi makes ships, cars, TVs, etc. My Diamante SUCKS, my TV and VCR absolutely RULE.
For instance, we all know that Mercedes (Daimler-Benz) bought Chrysler. Does that mean that a Dodge Neon has the same engineering or build quality as an S-class Mercedes? Of course not. I believe the converse is also true. Just because Denon profits benefit Hitachi shareholders does not mean that the quality of the two product lines equate.
Anyway, I've owned Denons and had friends who owned Denons and everybody seems pretty happy.
I am learning, though. Thanks very much for the link. Enlightening, to be sure.
