>What amp and where did you get it?
>Also, how about some details on this home dock of yours? :)

Well, the amp is just a simple black box affair from Active Surplus (Toronto), with "Audiophile" as the brand name. It's a little plastic box whose contents consist mostly of heatsinks, and a small amount of circuitry, with an LED and volume knob on the front. Powered by a 12V converter from 120VAC. Twin RCA jacks on the back for inputs, and a SIN connector for speaker outputs. Very simple, very basic, about C$40 or so.

The Docking Station is based around the hollowed out shell of my R.I.P. 1979 Alpage ("Ask us about Alpage", aka "Alpine") cassette deck that recently bit the big one. This metal shell holds the amp, docking sled, Tuner, both power cubes, AC on/off switch (the original from the cassette deck), and one of those nifty "solid state relay" things so that the Empeg can turn the amp off/on as it goes in/out of standby. It's also got holders for the ethernet and power cords, so that they plug in automatically as the empeg is slid into the docking sled.

The front panel is all chopped up for the sled and whatnot, but I plan to cover it with a 1/2" or so of nice cherry (wood) for good looks. I'll post pics of the important bits later on in the week.

-ml