Marantz receivers any bad vibes for 2ch&HT combo

The two companies are OWENED by Denon&Marantz holdings. They also own Mcintosh now. However, they still do independent r&d and such. The Marantz pieces sound better musically. The midrange opens up and is a bit smoother. The Denons tend to be heavy on the bass and cold sounding on the mids. You also get a 3yr warrenty w/ the Marantz vs a 2yr w/ the Denon....on a side note..just because two companies are owned by the same people doesn't mean they're equal in performance...that's like saying harmon kardon is just as good as levinson or lexicon...NOT

harmon kardon over lexicon processors? what planet do you live on? agreed that the amplifiers aren't in the same class as levinson but the lexicon processors are far above harmon kardon. especially w/ the logic 7 processing that was developed by lexicon. that's why you see many new movies using L7 in the production of the movie (both lord of the rings movies used L7).....anyway, the denon and marantz are very close at that level...the denon will give you a few more bells and whistles.

i'm not going to get into a shouting match over build quality between lexicon and levinson cause i honestly don't care for either of them. just used them as an example...harmon kardon owns both companies plus revel just like D&M holdings owns denon, marantz, and mcintosh...