Which manufacturers make well-built home theater equipment at a reasonable price?
Sony audio equipment is prone to failure. It’s cheap stuff and Sony has been coasting on its reputation for more than a decade. As far as reliablity, I’ve been extremely happy with Yamaha receivers. I have a Yamaha 995 that’s got to be going on ten years old and it’s showing no signs of problems. Kenwood used to be pretty good, but the newer stuff seems rather flimsy. JVC is the first place I go for reliable CRTs. I just gave away my 32″ JVC from a few years before that Yamaha, and it’s going strong. The tube is indistinguishable from new, as is the picture overall, and it’s more than ten years old. It survived an magnet attack from a toddler with a simple unplug-and-replug, so the degaussing coil inside is actually useful. Based on the quality of that unit I would look towards JVC’s offerings before I even bothered with anything else. I’m pleased with my Samsung DLP HDTV, but reliability is not its strong suit. In less than a year I’ve gone through two bulb packages when the TV decide
