My current system consists of:

	SP25 MK III turntable (retired / for sale).
	TD-160 turntable. I bought this turntable from Cash Converters for R35. Fitted a new belt, and a Shure ME75EJ cartridge. Sounds great.
	ME75EJ cartridge.
	SD385 dual tape deck. Bought it "shop soiled", but basically NIB, from Caldis.
	HD720 CD player. I bought this CD based mostly on this rave review by Deon Schoeman. Well, it didn't do much for me, and I later learned that the DAC used, the Burr-Brown PCM1710, is widely regarded as the worst DAC that Burr-Brown ever made. That lead me to making some unflattering comments, but I was politely asked to remove them, so I did. But be careful of magazines where the adverts support the reviews and vice-versa.
	DV-525 DVD player.
	1130 preamplifier Two 3225PE amplifiers (I had four, sold one on to the ex, one was stolen) and a 3240PE. All bought from CapeAds.
"Frankenstein" bookshelf speakers	My father had a set of Aiwa SC-51 speakers, which we eventually played to bits. Blown tweeters and scratchy voice coils. I bought two generic woofers and two tweeters from Zakspeed, and fitted them, using the existing crossover. Sounded horrible, because the (dome) tweeters couldn't reach down far enough to suit the crossover. Replaced them with small coned speakers with whizzer coils. I must say, this combination does not sound bad at all.

My future plans are:

• Tweaking my NAD 3225. Apparently upgrading the 2N3055 output transistors to 2SD733/2SB557 works wonders for the bass. The power supply needs more capacitance as well. I now have two (2001-01-15, correction, three :-) NAD 3225PE's, I'll tweak one and do ABX testing. Also, set the bias correctly.