Marantz (and Denon) are now owned by Sound United, which is, in turn, a subsidiary of DEI Holdings -- a US private equity firm. While private equity firms can do some good things in corporate America, their primary objective is to cut costs and make money any way possible. Not saying DEI will necessarily wreck Marantz as a higher level, mass-market brand, but history does not breed much confidence. Personally, I'll also be monitoring reliability issues as private equity firms usually will sacrifice longer-term reliability for shorter-term profits. We'll see, but I don't trust PE firms as far as I can throw them. FWIW.