Thank God the Scott stuff is overlooked; it hasn't been hyped like Marantz/Pioneer/Sansui and thus can be had for reasonable dollars. I've had a Scott R74S receiver for ten years now and it hasn't needed anything except some pot cleaning. I'm listening to a Scott 420A integrated amp right now and it sounds very good. No, it doesn't go to 11, it's not 165 wpc RMS, and it's rather modest looking, but it's so simply and cleanly built that I imagine it would be rather simple to work on if anything went wrong (nothing has). There's a lot of empty space in the chassis and an absolutely huge raw aluminum heat sink in there so unless one blocked the top vents I can't see it overheating. My 380R receiver has everything: IEC cord, triple tone controls, power meters, subsonic filter, connections for two TTs and two tapedecks, massive xformer, etc. and continues to function well while several other universally coveted receivers failed outright and needed major surgery to produce music again. The mystique surrounding the big names was created by decent sound but also by extensive advertising in major publications such as Playboy. The Scott stuff is just as good, just not as well known.