[Jon Liu]

I agree with Tony's assessment 100%. I really like Marantz' line up and their build quality is really something, but their feature set leaves the user wanting more. I nearly bought a Marantz pre-pro, but after reading the lack of specific features that I wanted, specifically post processing on lossless audio codecs especially after having had it in all the previous receivers that I've had in the last two years, I just couldn't see myself taking a step backwards.

Their overall sound quality is top-notch, though, so in that regard, it's a great step up!