Long before the boom boxes started growing there was another battle waging across the globe....Receiver Wars. State Side Marantz and believe it or not Radio Shack had a monster. Panasonic had a monster under the Technics name it was so heavy and chassis was very flimsy it would twist and flex when you had it apart to service. Sansui without a doubt won the receiver wars with glorious gold and brushed aluminum fronts and blistering high power. They truly flew to close to the sun. I knew a dealer who confided in me that apartments caught fire from Sansui melt down. There winners started with the G Series 9000...Their finale The Monster G - 22000 and G - 33000 that were 100 lbs units that came in two pieces that had to be docked together using hardened allen head bolts. These were the coolest running finest looking best sounding receivers ever made. I left out many other makes b/c they don't warrant your attention. I guess you're saying Pioneer, Nice Try But No Cigar Just Tons of under rated capacitors that fail while you listen. Stay Tuned....next time I'm going to tell you who won the Tuner Wars.