opps.. i've been missing for a long time.. sorry for not replying.  hey.. no need to be shy about our setups.. end of the day, the most important thing is the music.. the equipment becomes secondary or at least i hope most people think the same as i do.  also, there will always be someone out there with better equipment. 

i actually have another setup i use in my room, and its not as expensive as people might think.

i bought my 2nd setup 2nd hand, totally from just looking thru the staronline audiophile section classifieds. I was very lucky, and got good quality stuff at very good prices.

i started building it in 2001.  bought each item as they appeared.

speakers: mordauntshort MS10i  -  RM300
Amp: NAD 310 - RM300
CD: Marantz CD67SE - RM400

= RM1,000 total.  budget another RM300-400 for 2nd hand cables and you have a decent entry level Hi-fi setup.

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Added on January 15, 2009, 12:20 am

thanks for the kind comments.  but sorry for the super late reply.. anyways.. nothing special.. QED Qunex 2.  for a "budget" cable, bass is nice and punchy.  previously, i was using my own homemade interconnect... made out of individually separated CAT5 cable and then weaved together. works pretty well, but using that on my 2nd system now.

i only used 2 twisted pairs.. the thing i was worried about if i used too many twisted pairs, was how to fit them into the RCA plugs..
but they really sound decent, comparable to commercially sold interconnects in the RM250-400 range in some cases.