<font color='#000000'>Having dealt with and sold both for quite awhile, I can say that the Denon will be not only more durable (and supply you with multi-room/seven-channel capability out of the box), but will have more authorized dealers to choose from and therefore be more price-competitive. Marantz has a three-year warranty, and Denon two, but the Marantz really needs that extra year.</font>