I used to consider and usually buy Marantz first, but these days they don't even bother offering to sell their products in Vancouver any longer. As such they don't seem to be a player worth considering up north, unfortunately (if they don't want to SELL, God forbid you need to get it repaired). I ended up buying new Yamaha 6180 in the end. Sony ES is full of features but overpriced and very hard to get discounts on, not to mention ES model selection in Canada is limited. Onkyo and Denon both have too many issues in their $1.5-$2k range receivers to be worth the money, too. And other smaller players are lagging behind in features (specifically HDMI 1.3 related stuff).
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I used to consider and usually buy Marantz first, but these days they don't even bother offering to sell their products in Vancouver any longer. As such they don't seem to be a player worth considering up north, unfortunately (if they don't want to SELL, God forbid you need to get it repaired). I ended up buying new Yamaha 6180 in the end. Sony ES is full of features but overpriced and very hard to get discounts on, not to mention ES model selection in Canada is limited. Onkyo and Denon both have too many issues in their $1.5-$2k range receivers to be worth the money, too. And other smaller players are lagging behind in features (specifically HDMI 1.3 related stuff).