Well, for many audiophiles it usually comes down to the DMY club - Denon, Marantz, Yamaha.
These days, thanks to COVID-19, it might be down to just Denon due to supply shortage and high demand, which reminds me of the drug shortages that I see daily at my hospital.
I personally use Yamaha, but I have clients who want to purchase the Yamaha RX-A1080, A2080, and especially RX-A3080, but my distributors don’t even have any to sell me.
Even if I have 10 clients who want to the buy the Yamaha a2080 or a3080, I can’t sell them any.
So these days it probably comes down to the Denon X3000 and X4000 series. Unless they get sold out too if people are buying them because people can’t buy any Yamaha a1080, a2080, and a3080. Thus, the supply shortage of one brand may lead to the shortage of the other brands, which also reminds of what happens with the drug shortages.