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Originally Posted by u b k  afaict, owners are the biggest pimps of all (of the things they own). it's a different form of vested interest, but the bias is at least as big, if not bigger. i'm at least as guilty of this as the next guy. |
I hate to say it, but human nature being what it is, this is probably true.
That said, my totally worthless, over-invested opinion of my 2247 LE is that the build quality is very solid. The first thing I did when I got it was to open it up to see what was inside. Everything looked as neat and secure as I could have wanted. I haven't opened up my CEMC6's, but I haven't had any issues with them, and they feel solid.
As far as the internal parts goes, what are you looking for? There are a total of 10 parts on the 2247 LE board, plus the EF12; a couple of Xicon electrolytics for power filtering, a handful of high tolerance resistors, a couple of other caps, and one large rectangular part I didn't recognize marked "U47 250".
Nothing looked like a cheap Radio Shack carbon film resistor, if that's what you mean (not that there's anything wrong with them if they happen to be the right part for the job). I have an MSEE, and personally I don't sweat these details. It either sounds right or it doesn't. Cheap parts last, too. And when they don't, they can be replaced cheaply. With any engineered product it's the organization and selection of the components that you're paying for anyway - and not the components themselves.