Here goes for my $0.02 worth,

I have a 72MHz futaba and it is great, but I also have the DX7 and I think that the horizon customer service is better, the radios themselves are not different, if I was buying now, I would have the futaba as the receiver is one piece, indeed I had the 7 channel one on order when I got my 2.4 but I go so fed up waiting for it to be released that I got the specktrum and it is not a choice I regret at all. If anything it feels better in my hands, If you can go to you LHS and hold each radio and buy the one that feels best for you, the performance will be almost the same anyway.

James