So I picked up one of those Crown X2000 amps from Musician's Friend on sale. I needed a multipurpose amp that I could use as a backup PA, Bass, and kind of a practice system through which I could play pretty much anything. I also got one of those Yamaha 8 channel mixers, also on sale. My little discman sounds pretty good through the system hooked up to my Peavey PA speakers. Of course, for those in Arizona, if you feel the earth shaking, that's likely me playing the RIC through the Crown through the 2 Ampeg SVT810e's.