I have learned patience as a result of owning 5 different receivers within the last 24 months, and have had problems with every stinking one of them.

I will live with what I have now until I know for certain that its replacement will work – as advertised. So far, the least problematic one is this little Yamaha, V661, but it has a couple traits that are driving me nuts… But it’ll hold me over for a while yet.

A 20 year warrantee is very impressive, provided the company has the resources to honer it. If it’s a small company with one guy doing all the work, what happens if he/she gets hit by a bus or he files chapter 11?