I had a nice one, lovely champagne colour it was (is the 300mk3 the same as the Ref 300 separates series?), when I was a student - blew all of one of my student loan instalments on one. I really liked it at the time for Halls, nice warm sound, easy on the ear but not particularly truthful to the source, but if you like that Japanese sound quality.- but I've been criticised on this forum for saying that I though it was a decent set up for me (running Mission bookshelves), and I thought it looked the dogs dangles and was a real bird pleaser!!!...ah those were the days. Of coarse one does have a tendency to look upon the past with rose tinted specs!