wrote:
Does anyone know of any alternatives to the Bose LIFESTYLE 48/38
system, or the Denon CHR-103F based system?

Presuming that you have a PC, you can get systems that will pipe music
stored in your PC to your Hi-Fi system. Some even come with a full
remote control giving access to all the details held in your PC.

I researched this a few weeks ago before upgrading my SONY 200 CD
changer to the 400 CD version - considerably cheaper than the PC/Hi-Fi
bridges, and almost certainly better quality (but inaudible to my ageing
ears).

Let me know if you want me to dig up the details.

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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk