My system is a shell of what it use to be in the past. I had to have the best or close to it. So I was always chasing the next speaker, amp, preamp, or NOW let's get an integrated amp, WOW how about those tube amps, on and on and on - till I finally realised that I spent a lot of money chasing but never enjoying... I got married late in life and all of a sudden I enjoyed my wife more then my system(s) and the happiness was different - so I have a little system, play my CDs through bookshelf speakers not worrying if my power cable can or should be upgraded, or speaker wires ---- rather I listen to music and share my past with her realizing that my little system brings me to the place I want to be ... Happy New Year To All - smerk