Sony TA FB940/S

I have owned a TA FB940 amp for about 6 years, at the weekend it really gets some hammer driving my massive B&W 605 series2 speakers, which it does effortlessly. I wanted a really simple amp with no flashing lights or other distractions and that is what I got. I originally bought it to drive much smaler B&Ws and thought I would have to upgrade when I got bigger speakers, but it was soon apparent that this was not so. I have always been wary of the big brands like Sony, Phillips, Panasonic etc but as this is one of Sony's QS range I think you get a lot better quality than the usual, cheaper 'throw away' ranges. The one thing I do wish it had was a set of pre-outs ...

Four years ago, I have bought this Sony amplifier TA-FB920 (940 is a follow-up one with slight modifications), after a good review I read in a magazine. Like all Sony products, it had an excellent price/functionality and price/quality ratios. Like with most Sony products (at least my experience), trouble with those ratios is that they do NOT last. It broke down after 3 years of much-less-than normal usage and Sony made me pay 35% of the original price for the repairs. In my accounts, it is a lot of money to waste on a 3,5 year old already expensive (or upper mid-market) amplifier. Come on! these things are supposed to for last years! My ...