The other morning I came downstairs to hear my trusty old Mark 2 Empeg (Receiver Edition) buzzing and clicking ominously... it turned out to just be the power supply (it's always the power supply) but, before I figured that out, I'd already started worrying about what I'd do if it was unfixable.

You can't get Squeezeboxes or Soundbridges new any more, and the closest thing Richer Sounds sell is some Cambridge Audio thing at £900. Clearly networked music streamers are just not a mass-market thing. So what do people these days use instead? What would you do if it was a nice sunny afternoon and you fancied listening to "Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld" all the way through both discs? Play the MP3s on your phone and ignore that there's no bass and no stereo field? Play it off Spotify from your phone over Bluetooth to a powered speaker (or Bluetooth-enabled amp) and ignore that it's not lossless, or that it deafens the neighbours if you get a phone call, or there's ads? Turn the TV on and play it off Youtube? Telephone your mate who still has a CD player and ask him to play it for you down the phone line?