Yamaha have never claimed to tune products for UK rooms. I think you've got your wires crossed and are under the belief this has something to do with room correction? Yamaha will be producing equipment tuned to correspond with UK listening tastes, not only AV equipment, but also stereo and other audio equipment. They've done this in the past with some degree of acclaim. Not all Yamaha kit sold here will have this treatment and it will only apply to special edition models.
To tell you the truth, my generalised opinion of US equipment is based on hifi as opposed to home cinema, but this is irrelevant anyway given that most stuff made in the USA is made for the US market and rarely gets distributed beyond the USA. I'm sure that a lot of quality equipment is indeed manufactured in the USA, but one hell of a lot of it is made to appeal to the American consumer and they tend to like big and brash.
What is it you are so against, the UK tuned aspect or the fact that Yamaha are using it to sell products? The badge will not sell the products and the products will still need to impress in order to make sales. I personally welcome the announcement given the quality of the products that resulted from Yamaha previous eneavours with UK tuning.
I'm somewhat stumped by the somewhat antagonist responses you appear to go out of your way to throw back. I'm entitled to my opinion as much as you are welcome to yours, yet you seem to demand I provide you with spurious evidence while you can just lampoon something without addressing why it is actually lampoonable? You are obviously welcome to your opinion, but I'm at a loss as to how you've come to one in relation to a product or products you've never heard? The fact of the matter is that Yamaha used to do this and the products they "marketed" as being UK tuned sounded good and were not sold elsewhere in the world. I see no reason to ridicule their claims for no apparent reason and I'm sure the reviews of these products will determine whether they are good or bad irrespective of the UK tuned monica?
Yes, its marketing, but so what? What should they do, tune products and use better components in selected models, but not tell anyone???? I suppose American brands have no marketing and sell goods at cost?
And by the way, Canada is not in the USA
Anthem/Paradigm products are are made in Canada and I fail to see what Anthem has to do with manufacturers in the USA or brands based there? Are there any Mexican brands you want to mention as well? I'd be rather insulted if I was involved with Anthem or a Canadian. You appear to think that there's no difference between Canada and the USA? I believe Anthem/Paradigm are particularly proud of their Canadian heritage and definitely wouldn't want to be lumped in with US concerns just because Canada borders the USA. My next door neighbour likes gardening so does this mean I should like it too?