Well there are lots of choices, but it should come down to the synergy of your system. I would place McCormack, and Belles ahead of the Bryston in my system, they both make better music. The 20 year warrenty is no big deal to me, I have had a Krell for 10 years with no problems, in fact none of the 15 or so audio components of have owned over the last 15 years have had a problem (except for a cassete deck). Let YOUR ears and SYSTEM be the factors that make the decision