I do not necessarily agree. My most recent ARF's have been 3 QQ Yaks, GP Hawk, and a few other major brands. They have all been of superb quality. For the most part I believe all the high-end ARFs are of incredible qualty considerng the conditions and pay the builders work under.
Now motors, servos and electronics are another issue. For a couple of years now the trend has been to get new products out before they have been adequately tested and let the buying public be damned. I will no longer purchase new release servos from any company until they have been out for several months and I can determine what problems they have.