I have always bought Marantz, from the first demo, I was taken. I have now had three, they look feel and sound great and are easy to navigate but my last two failed, one crackling every now and then on digital inputs and the other lost all of the right bank of speakers :( the receivers did get some hammer and I was happy and they did last about 4 years each but you can do better... Look at some of the Sony range STR-DA1200ES, there is no looking back....