Good performance, VERY poor quality control
583594
I am currently on my 4th transformer prime, just got it today. It is the new series, C instead of B serial numbers. To my dismay, as soon as I turned it on I noticed a stuck pixel, red and very noticable, almost in the center of the screen. I had high hopes on this one too...

The last one i had had 3 dead pixels, the previous to that had very sharp edges, almost like holding a sharp piece of glass. One before that had very poor wi-fi performance and one a huge gap around the display, so much that you could see the brackets under the screen.

I love the device, but I can't believe it is this hard to find one that has nothing wrong with it. It is a 500 item, it should be free of noticable defects when you get it. They must be shipping them directly from the factory without even looking at them. I guess I'll keep trying to find a good one...
362752
I'm using this amp in conjunction with a pair of Yamaha NS-AW350 2-Way Indoor/Outdoor Speakers. Paired up, the sound is clear. I'll be adding an outdoor volume knob to the setup shortly, but so far, I'm getting some great performance.

My only cons are that because I have this amp in our living room next to all of the input devices, the blue LEDs are quite bright and somewhat distracting.

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After about 40 hours of use for movie screening, this amp literally fizzled out and started smoking! It was only at 50% volume at the time. I immediately unplugged it and submitted a warranty inquiry with Amazon. Amazon is supposedly still checking in with the manufacturer, but it has been weeks now and neither the manufacturer has followed up.

Maybe I just got a lemon here, but I don't appreciate being left hanging, especially when dealing with Amazon which usually has such great customer service.
3598169
Terrible quality control. Right when I got this amp the front port would buzz unless you held the wire in a certain position.

I didn't really mind much because I could use the mic port on the back.

Now after almost a year one of the left / right inputs is cutting out.

I'll probably be able to resolder the connection inside but that should not be necessary.

Other than that the amplifier works great. Nice sound on my large bookshelf speakers, make sure you get the correct wattage for your speakers, 90 watts will drive medium sized ones.
4149640
First of all I'd like to say that this monitor is really great, 10/10 for price to performance ratio.

BUT! It came with a price, time.

I ordered this monitor and it came delayed, plugged everything in and turned it on and the whole screen was messed up, broken. I tried to replug cables, tried all the ports, even tried to use it with my PlayStation incase it was a PC error, it was completely broke.

I will post pictures of this monitor below.

Then I had to jump through some hoops of misinformation from certain representatives to get my replacement but thankfully, it all got squared away and I got offered a pretty quick One Day (actually was 2 days) shipment. The new one arrived and worked great from the start, no dead pixels, nothing but smooth, lag free goodness. So for the issues above that would be the only reason I deduct a point, the colors out the box ain't that great but easily tweakable.
598144
This air conditioner would get 5 stars except for the apparent lack of quality control before shipping. After finally getting the thing in the window on a very hot night, we excitedly turned it on and were met with a horrible sound like a jet engine. This was very depressing after all that work then thinking we would have to wait until the next working day to get support. My husband assertained that the fan blades were hitting the fan shroud. He could see that a screw that attached the shroud to the unit  was over tightened. We debated about the possibility that the warranty would become void if we opened the unit and loosened the screw. But we decided the risk was worth getting the thing working. A twist of the screw fixed it and it has been working perfectly since then. So our only complaint is a pretty big one really.  We should probably reduce the rating by more than one star. LG has an obligation to see their units leave the factory in working order.
1221003
I just recived this unit. The unit was packed poorly as others have stated. Housing was dented in the side. The fan mounting bolts were loose. One bolt was lying in the bottom of the housing. One of the plastic end vents was cracked badly and would not stay mounted. I'm calling Powermatic tomorrow and see if they will send me another one. Poor quality control. I got the bolts tightened down on the fan mounting. The unit works as advertised. Quiet, no vibration (there was some before I tightened the mounting bolts) and does a good job of cleaning the shop. Powermatic needs to hire a new quality control manager and packing manager. Obvious problems there.
1854818
The first one was broken on arrival. Sonicly, it worked okay, but it was noisier than I expected (with a loud hiss), and even worse, the +48V red LED was stuck on regardless of the switch position. IK Multimedia wanted me to pay for shipping to them for repair, No way!!!! Thanks for Amazon Prime's incredible return service.

The second one has strange clicks and gaps in the audio, but the red LED works. Can I have the first one back? At least it worked. I sent this one back too.

For what it's worth the $7.99 iReg Recorder app is pretty good. It works perfectly with the built-in microphone.
4321771
This was a real disappointment.  I've bought quite a few ASUS products - including about seven motherboards, a monitor, an NVIDIA GTX470 video card, and more - and I have come to expect better than this.  The quality control was atrocious, which I could have lived with if the microphone input worked.  It didn't.  I could listen but could not record.

If it were just that the microphone input didn't work, I'd chalk it up to bad luck.  I'd assume that it was the occasional defective unit that even the best company will inevitably produce, but the poor quality control on this was what really struck me, and may have accounted for the defective microphone input:

 1) Several components on the card itself were bent, as though something had pressured the card very hard.  They weren't just slightly bent.  It was major. The damage is very visible, something that anyone would see immediately upon first looking at at the card.  There was no damage to the packaging, so it had to have happened at the factory and should have been caught before leaving the assembly line.

 2) The mounting screws for the half height bracket were loose in the box.  They are tiny and could easily have been lost when the box was opened.  They should have been enclosed in a plastic bag.

 3) There were TWO copies of the Quick Start Guide!

I am returning it to Amazon and will be ordering something else.  I'll continue buying other ASUS products, but will probably replace this card with a Sound Blaster.
4574800
One of the cables  did not work correctly.  No moving parts, so quality control stinks.
58088
I wanna give this board five stars for design and features, one star for quality control issues. I received one of the boards with memory issues (slot A1 and A2 don't work, if DIMMs are in there the board will not post). But thanks to Amazon's awesome return policy I got a different board
3752751
This is a great TV if you can manage to get a set that is not defective. I thought I would be lucky enough to get a good set but when I plugged it in and turned it on I immediately saw vertical lines dividing portions of the panel and differences in screen brightness between these vertical sections. The dimness of the right portion of the screen subsided after several hours of use, but the vertical segments and lines remained on the left side of the television. This is particularly visible when seeing a uniform black / grey color in the same area where the lines are present. This is also very distracting when playing FIFA, as the lines are visible on the grass. Needless to say, I will not be paying $2k for a tv with these glaring defects. This is a shame because in general I love the contrast of this television, the 3D support (despite the crosstalk, which actually seems to go away after an hour of watching the 3D film), the brightness and color representation.

The TV works flawlessly with the PS4 PRO, and the HDR adds a lot of detail to the range of dark and light spectrum in games. The color gamut is extended but I was not blown away with colors in HDR on this set, as much as I had hoped I would be. Netflix is pretty glitchy but 4k and HDR content look great. Amazon Prime works well and the Grand Tour looks incredible. Sony has yet to release an update for Youtube HDR playback, but unfortunately I will not have this tv for much longer to find out if they do. Broadcast television does not look great because a heavily compressed 1080i signal stretched to 65 inches is bound to show lots of pixelation. If you want cable television to look sharp, do not go beyond 55 inches.

Overall, the defectiveness rate, broken 3D, and glitchy interface issues are enough for me to return this television, rather than request a replacement.

Finally, a note on Amazon Enhance Delivery: The XPO carrier delivering the television arrived on scheduled time. The two men did a good job carrying the tv to my room upstairs but when it came time to unbox it and set it up, they proved to be highly unqualified to handle this delicate equipment. They tore the packaging to pieces, scattering accessories so that later we could not find the power cord to plug in the AC adapter for 5 minutes. They handled the display like they were doing construction work. the screen was at one point being pressed into an angular piece of Styrofoam instead of laying flat. They put the stand on wrong 2 times without bothering to read the instructions and used a power screw driver to drill the screws in too deep. I originally thought its great Amazon includes installation for large items such as this one that could not be set up by one person, but after this experience, I highly suggest you refrain from letting XPO unpackage and install your TV. I also urge Amazon to contract a different company who know how to handle electronics and act professionally. I hope the company picking up the TV Monday will do a better job.
2405848
I really liked the first one I bought, so I bought several others. That is when I realized that they had severe quality control issues. I fixed this by buying more than I needed and sending back the defective units. They have a leg in the back to stand it up and a magnet to attach it to metal. The ones I kept have worked well over the last year.
814749
The Good:
5 Years Warranty
Good Static Pressure
Price

The Bad:
Air Flow.
cheep rubber screw grommets shred after 1 time tightening  - don't tighten them all the way!

** quality materials and build. (compared with TY-140)
** quality control Issues  - from 5 ordered, 2 are defected & abnormally noisy,
next 3 varied in noise levels with one that was exceptionally quiet as i expected from them all.

Bottom Line:
could there have bean something wrong only with this batch?
maybe i don't know, but i won't be giving it another try.

Would i buy this model again? Absolutely Not!
Would i buy another Phanteks product: ill be very hesitant.

other thoughts:
1. stop trusting "review sites" they lie & mislead!
2. regretting not taking  TY-140's - was happy with them.
4060755
Overpriced for the specs but perhaps the high price is for the tight quality control.
1848057
Five stars for the product, but down to 3 because of quality control. I was really happy with this cooler, and generally it seems to be well constructed. However, it didn't take long before the zipper started to go, ripping along one seam and then breaking entirely. The general quality of the product and the nature of the break suggests to me that this is a defect in my particular cooler, and not typical, but still very disappointing for the price and something people should watch for.
4479437
Poor quality.  First one was very dirty, had the locking ring loose so the filter glass was rattling around, and the threads were messed up.  Perhaps a return re-sold as new?  The second one also arrived dirty, but had good glass and threads, but the lock-ring was loose again!  I was able to tighten the lock ring last night, but tonight it was loose again after using it.  I may have to send it back and try for a third one, because it the lock ring won't stay tight, it's another dud!.  Orion quality control is terrible on these.  Filter performance itself is fine; it helped resolve M42 nicely, although it does give it quite a greenish-blue hue.
4800798
I have a lot of respect for Gale Force 9. I feel they produce great products for a niche market which is invaluable to the people who are into it.

The problem I have, though, is apparently with quality control. I ordered these Druid spellbook cards and noticed that instead of getting a deck of level 1-3 cards and a deck of level 4-7 cards, I just got TWO decks of 1-3. So basically, I have the same cards twice.

This kind of thing happens, right? Yea. I understand. So I requested an exchange through Amazon. They exchanged my item---for ANOTHER one just like it. Two of the same level 1 through 3 decks.  Ugh.

I do have the bard cards and arcane cards, and they are both fine. But beware bad quality control.

The cards themselves are good. But...you know...after I get two defective items in a row, I just gave up. Thus my 1-star review.