Originally Posted By: tonyc
Maybe Onkyo has just become a shit brand like all of the rest, and I ought to just suck it up and invest in something high-end that will last. Or maybe they're all shit at this point.

I have a Denon that is around 8 years old (I think I got it when I got the house) and still going strong. I don't know how many features their under $500 stuff has, but their upper end receivers have a pretty decent feature set.