I've been putting together my own hifi for a while now, and I've now got the ability to play all the formats I want (read as: can afford), in a good quality. Firstly, and most crucially, is the receiver. I've had a few in this setup, an old Sony AV receiver (STR-D790), then a Panasonic (Technics) SU2800 from the late 70s to early 80s, and now, a JVC R-S5L. Other than a bit of the text wearing off near the power button and volume knob, the unit is in excellent condition, especially when you consider its age. The full specs are available here from hifiengine. It pushes a modest 25 watts into 8ohms, which works out as 33 watts into 6ohms; a great match for my speakers, which I'll get to. Next in the stack is my Minidisc deck (bottom) which is a MDS-JE480. While I would love to have a JB-980, 940 or 930, with the metal facia, the prices of those are much higher than I can justify paying, when this deck has Type-S MDLP, and cost me £40. For NetMD I have a MZ-NE410 walkman...