Even though the Pioneer AVR I bought has a 3-year warranty, which is not bad, I didn't want to have to deal with Pioneer in case there is a problem. It's just a lot easier to have Best Buy handle things if there's a problem. In this case, the cost of the extended warranty also bought an extra year, but the main reason is to be able to get things taken care of without having to find an authorized Pioneer repair place.

Very much like the Yamaha line of receivers. They are easy to setup and provide a number of advanced features. My only complaint is that listening almost felt as though the music had been dried out too much within the D to A conversion. Was able to fix it with a little bit of advanced adjustment but would have loved to not need any changes.

I decided to go to the nearest Best Buy to purchase an extended warranty on my Sony Walkman MP3, ironically on the last possible day that I could get it. I take it to work and use it at home regularly, so I figured it would be a good idea to invest $40.00 to give me some peace of mind, this Walkman wasn't cheap.