Hard to beat Bryston's 20year transferable warranty. And you don't pay a dime to get it either. Lifetime warranty is cool but it is well known that audiophiles don't keep things all that long. The neat thing is I can buy a used Bryston and just not care if it is broken or not.
The history on the warranty is kind of funny; they were always in the habit of freely fixing anything that people sent to them (that didn't have beer in it or wasn't run over by a truck). From the time I started this hobby in the 70's till now, I never knew anyone that had to pay for a repair from Bryston. Their marketing boys just said "If you are going to do this, why not advertise it?" And so they did.
Good point about the problem in warrantying things like cd-players which do have moving parts. May indeed be why Bryston doesn't market any. Can't say as I blame them.
The history on the warranty is kind of funny; they were always in the habit of freely fixing anything that people sent to them (that didn't have beer in it or wasn't run over by a truck). From the time I started this hobby in the 70's till now, I never knew anyone that had to pay for a repair from Bryston. Their marketing boys just said "If you are going to do this, why not advertise it?" And so they did.
Good point about the problem in warrantying things like cd-players which do have moving parts. May indeed be why Bryston doesn't market any. Can't say as I blame them.