Marantz vs. Pioneer Receivers

Pioneer.  Hands down.  Followed closely by Marantz.  None were bad, but they all have their house sound and therefore all have their own adherents.  But the integrity of the Marantz VR's and circuit boards (just one aspect) never seemed to hold up in terms of age compared to the classic Pioneers.  It might mean that there are fewer mint surviving examples of the Marantz TOTL's surviving and therefore might be driving the prices up.  But in my experience Pioneer carried the day.  At that time, they were their own "shop" and not bought and sold over and over.  (Yet...)  ymmv....

Have had both Pioneer and Marantz.  Liked them nearly equally, but I still kick myself for selling my Marantz 2330.  That was the best receiver I have ever heard.

My vote is for Marantz.
I’m a little bias, I have
Marantz 
4270
4140
2220
140
1250
300dc
5025b cassette

In the 70s, I was a Dynaco guy, but most of my friends had Marantz receivers. Pioneer was famous at the time for car audio.

Here’s an ad that helped build Marantz’s "battleship" reputation:

https://images.cdn.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/styles/big-image/public/Marantz_2275ad.scal...