My personal distrust of Sony's receivers comes from owning one of their run of the mill receivers in the mid-90s. The 100wpc claim was obviously not with all channels driven, and the unit generally sounded pretty lifeless and felt plasticky and cheap. As I recall, it cost about $450 and it eventually went up in smoke not long after I bought my M22s.

My Sony ES CD player, on the other hand, is a fine unit and I have nothing but praise for it. I've only had it a few years, but I've never had a moment's trouble with it (not even a skip) and I fully expect it to keep performing for some time to come.

M22ti mains, EP175 sub, VP150 center, QS4 surrounds