Trawling through these forums you might get the impression that the only hifi equipment worth recommending is a budget Marantz/Yamaha system at one end of the scale or at the other, or hair shirt acrylic boxes with ginormous second hand vintage speakers bought off eBay coupled to a turntable with as much again spent on cartridges, anti-static gear and cleaning products. Whatever happened to decent good value, aesthetically pleasing, good all-round functionality and sound that fits in with a normal lifestyle? Can we hear more about these please and they don't need to be the usual suspects i.e funny sounding French or Swedish products or a certain brand of active speakers. And they don't need to be WHF 5* rated either. For my part, I ended up with a simple and compact digital system with lovely looking speakers (IMHO) based on the criteria I mentioned above. It sounds pretty decent too with no major criticisms from me. That said, I've never taken part in a bake-off against hair shirt acrylic boxes with ginormous second hand vintage speakers bought off eBay or a certain brand of active speakers. I don't think I would even participate in such a thing if the products failed on fairly key points such as aesthetics or the need for excessive compromise / maintenance / tweaking. Have a nice weekend and hope you enjoy reading about the the Great British Bake Off .... the one on TV, not the one on this forum *biggrin*