Sanyo is one of the largest general electric company groups, which is sure playing second fiddle to others such as toshiba , Hitachi, and Matsushita nowadays. It is said Sanyo is in financial crisis as consumers stay away from their products for home use. HOWEVER, among some audio -philes in Japan, they are said to have been making decent audio devices. In fact, I haven't had anyting from Sanyo other than an inexpensive TT, still the receiver is worth while to bet $30 on.