I have never had the courage to adopt a clearly secondary manufacturer, especially when it comes to a product that is the nerve center for the entire system. Every brand has its intermittents and failures, just give it time. After being in the repair business for a long, long time, I assure you that no manufacturer has escaped the doldrums of repeated electronic failures.

I have worked with a handful of this brand, sourced by clients. They were different, which is not good or bad, and I could not say that they were better sounding.

The biggest issue, will a secondary manufacturer have the resources to throw at an intermittent problem that a Denon or Onkyo is able to? I do not think so.

The final nail in the coffin is the client is three hours from you. That settles it.