bow79 said:Ricersounds do 5 year guarantee for 10% of purchase price if thats any help.
PSM1 said:There will not be much to choose between receivers of the same level from all the manufacturers you mention. Which is best will depend on your personal sound preference so go listen to them and make your own mind up. Denon have some good deals on last years models at the moment making them very good value for money and hard to beat.
PSM1 said:What do you mean by handshake issues? Not heard of any issues with the xx12 models (certainly no more than Onkyo etc.)
RS warranty is pretty good to be honest so I would not worry about that.