When the package arrived, I immediately started unpacking it. I unpacked, and unpacked, fetched my best knives and scissors, and unpacked, and unpacked ... an hour or so. Whoever packed it for shipping clearly didn't mean for anyone to unpack it, ever. Covered with sweat, and having exercised a vocabulary that would amaze a longshoreman, I finally got to look at the amplifier. Wow, it's like brand new in every respect. I hooked it up and tested it, and it works like new, too. Yay!