Just to go a touch of topic here.... Many are mentioning the continued existence of a service department, able to repair etc all their models as a big plus point, and with maybe a read between the lines hint that they would be difficult/impossible to have serviced if this was not the case. Hence I want to point out that repair services are not exclusive to manufacturers and that people such as myself (other repair services are available:D) can repair not only Quad but pretty much all makes of hi fi equipment. As you were...