Rant 'a.k.a. Plea for a New Stereo Whilst Celebrating the Old One'

In the Top 10 of 'Songs You Don't Want To Hear On The Radio When You've Just Returned From A Long,  Trying Day At Work' is Justin Beiber's latest piece of rubbish.  Imagine my horror when turning on my trusty stereo after ten pm I am subjected to the kind of aural defecation that is equivalent to a seriously dodgy case of food poisoning.  I did not think that this Alvinesque voiced pre-teen pipsqueak (I do not believe the media when they say that the boy is 16-my voice has a deeper pitch than his!) could get any worse, but he has far excelled my expectations.  For this release he has teamed up with one of those incredibly un-credible stalwarts of pop/reggae/r&b/dancelite Sean Kingston or Iyaz and produced some utter bilge that I am sure his fans will love.  If someone is willing to pay me, I would love to train as an assassin and personally wipe out every single one of them, just for the fun of it.  Then I can get back to my everyday life.

What this basically boils down to is that I really need to get a new stereo.  I could change the station but it has a dial tuner, making it extremely annoying to tune in to or out of anything else. I have it locked into 102.2 FM, which was Choice FM, then Galaxy 102.2, now GalaxyFM.  At the time I received my stereo my musical tastes weren't as diverse as they are now and I mostly listened to r&b and dance, which was what Choice FM played.  When it became Galaxy it stayed the same but over the years it has become increasingly more commercial, giving the station a playlist that is mostly pop/chart, with a few specialist r&b/dance shows on Friday and weekend evenings.  Some of the pop is fine to listen to, yet at other times it's the kind of dirge that makes me want to kick my defenceless Amstrad MC 800 so hard that it explodes.
The stereo that I will eventually end up getting will have to have digital radio, so I can flick through stations with the same ease that I can eat three Krispy Kremes without feeling remotely guilty.  I also want it to have a USB port and MP3 playback so if such bad music moments occur I can listen to music of my own choosing.

I will admit that I am not yet ready to give up my Amstrad audio device.  It will be celebrating it's 12th birthday on my 26th birthday in a few weeks and although it doesn't like the occasional CD and the back of it has broken near the speaker sockets, making the left speaker go mute sometimes, it has been my faithful friend, accompanying me when I get ready in the mornings, craft, dry my hair, tidy my bedroom (not a regular occurrence of late), get ready for bed...  Until the radio broadcasters decide to do away with analogue signals I think I will stick with it.  Then, AND ONLY THEN, will I shamelessly pick up the Argos catalogue and pick my ultimate dream stereo.  For less than £100.