I've had my Sony reciever (that my brother now uses) for about 20 months now and it's still working. My dad's old reciever was a Sony he pushed strong for about six years. There is nothing "wrong" with Sony HT gear, it's just that you get more power and quality with the more respected reciever models. The only sound difference between my Sony and Denon receiver's is that the Denon seems to "effortlessly" push my speakers while it seemed like the Sony had to be tortured to play relatively high SPL's. With that said, I still wouldn't recommend Sony, I just don't like the bashing.
