I've got dibbs on the Marantz. A similarly priced Yammy RX-V475 I just bought here has pass thru but it's full size so you might be interested in hunting down a 1504 as it has preamp outs for L&R Mains and is newer so the chance of it having pass thru is better. I'm okay with 50 wpc so the 1501 is sort of perfect for my use.