Nice story, King. Thanks for posting that. And I understand completely. I always wanted a Marantz, but just never pulled the trigger nor went out of my way to try and find one worthy of a trigger-pull. I never thought that a Marantz was any better than my beloved Yamaha CA-810 Natural Sound INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER, and I still don't think so. But it will probably be the best engineered RECEIVER that I have owned to date..... although my late 60s Pioneer SX-1000tw Receiver is pretty darn close to that claim. IMO of course.