What happened to Yamaha electronics?

the 'new' streamer amp($2k) has a great revue on the internet(Darko audio?)using 

Daniel HERtz speakers.

i was looking for a new cd player.

I bought the A-S3000 brand new. It was an upgrade sonically from their flagship integrated from 1985, the A-1000. However the A-1000 had a ton more power. Both amps were rated at 150 wpc @ 8ohms. I used the same speakers to compare. 

I thought the A-S3000 was the last amp I was ever going to buy. That was four amps ago! Unfortunately, I had to upgrade from the A-S3000 when I upgraded speakers to a 4 ohm speaker. 

The silver face A-S3000 is the most beautiful amp I’ve ever seen. It would be my go to if I lived in an apartment, the sonics at low volumes are really incredible! I’d also match it with efficient speakers. My old Infinity RS4b’s weren’t efficient enough. Their rated at 8 to 4 ohms.

My experience with Yamaha electronics is limited to a 1990's mid-range CD player I bought used. The internal DAC was unlistenable. It even sounded bad as a transport using the coax digital out to my external DAC. 

Their current Yamaha integrated amps look the part. I sure hope they sound better than that CD player. 

Some models could be discontinued for an updated model possibly, especially the sacd players.

Their more affordable integrateds always sold like hot cakes.

Even the niche high end models like the C5000, M5000 stack, etc  (not cheap by avg hifi standards) has steady sales. They’ve always had the lions share of the musician market i.e the ones among them with some cash. Musician dudes don’t show up on hifi forums to sing praise...they are quiet customers.

I had an all Yamaha mid-fi system around 1988, cold and sterile comes to mind.  No body to the music.  When I say mid-fi, I am talking an (all Yamaha) integrated amp, tuner, and cd player.  I was using Boston Acoustics speakers (their most expensive floor standing speakers) and a Nakamichi cassette deck.  I hated it but my friend loved it and bought the entire system.  Moved on to Adcom separates and Vandersteen 2ci speakers.  Then the continuous upgrade path began.