i would take issue with that. my opinion only

i used sell marantz and had it in my house. my preamp was noisy. marantz said turn the volume up to avoid it.

my 1000 dvd died 1 month after after warranty - they said buy a new one

my last marantz install was a system that i had an identical system installed the same week but with yamaha stuff. Same speakers - everything. The 800 yamaha somked the 1000 marantz. my opinion here.