I can't think of ANY receiver that matches the build quality of a well constructed 30 year old receiver. You really don't want to compare a thirty year old stereo receiver to today's AV stuff.

I have both a Marantz 2270 (bought new in '72) and a Denon 2802 (bought new last March) and, so far no complaints about either.

Granted, the 2270 has been realigned twice and the power switch replaced once but that's about to be expected. Still chuggin' along on a pretty much daily basis.

The 2802 has been bringing smiles to all who have experienced it, in either two channel music mode or full blown 5.1 (don't have room for 6.1) mode. Now, will it last 30 years? Who knows? But I do know tghe technology has changed drastically, both in features and functionality, since the 2270 was built.


In any case, wacha doin' talkin' about AV systems? I thought this thread was about cars?