i am not fond of sony, and while they may make some ok products here and there, i wont buy a sony unless i have to. they make so many things its not hard to see why they cant make anything really well. no one used to be able to touch their tube tvs, now they break all the time. their lcd projections that are so hot need to be recalled because of all the problems they are having. sony is turning into samsung. the only thing i would use a sony product for is a stand for my other product . this is not in defense of denon, just an attack on sony!