Yamaha A-S2000 - question for owners

I am this close to picking up the A-S2000 and matching CDP, so I could let you know in a week or so :) Not to thread hijack but how do you like your amp, I hear a lot of good things but What Hifi? kind of panned it saying it was too smooth and relaxed.

I have had one since November. It does the same thing. I assume it is because the tone controls are supposed to be out of the signal path at 12:00.
Sound: Pretty good. I prefer it, with Tannoy Turnberry speakers, to a Pass XP-10/XA30.5, which I didn't expect. Not too smooth or relaxed for me, even with those speakers.
But, Thefferon, here is a question for you: Do you feel some sort of resistance from the volume knob after you've turned it quickly down a certain amount? I'm going to tell myself it is somehow related to the mute function, which is designed to mute only part way.

I tried one out when they first hit the market. My unit did the same thing with the tone controls. It was a good unit but sounded dull with my stuff. I found the tone control thing hard for me to use properly. It is a well built unit though and would probably last a good long time.