Peter Werner wrote:
My old CD-player and receiver are pretty much shot and I want to
upgrade. I figure I'd like to spend about $500 to replace them, but
would consider going higher, especially if I found something
discounted.

So, here's my question - if you had $500 to spend on a cd-player and
receiver, about how much would you put into each? Would you spend some
of that on a graphic equlizer or some other component? Any specific
recommendations for each component in said price range?

How about if you had $1000 to spend?

What are your speakers like? We need to know what the intended use
is. Afterall, if you are driving big 80's era monster towers, it's
going to be different than a surround system or a pair of planars.