Sleeper Vintage Receivers, AMps, Tuners, TTs,etc..

Just picked up a Toshiba sa 775 receiver with sanyo plus 50 dd tt...wow...great performance for a vintage based system...I know Pioneer, Marantz, etc get all the hype...but what about Hitachi, sanyo, toshiba, jvc, akai, sharp, etc...dont they deserve some recognition from this era? ANy sleeper models to look out for?