I've had a number of items in the past. Usually summed up as "crap" before what I have now.
Now that we are moving, I am starting from scratch with everything but my Axioms.
I've owned some low end Pioneer receivers and CD players. Mid-level Pioneer DVD player. That was back when I had my KLH Speakers (Crappity crap crap crap...)
I still own a Pioneer receiver (Elite line at least), and have had a nice upconverting Panasonic S97 dvd player before I went HDDVD and Blu-Ray.
Here are some pictures of my old (really old) setup.. Start counting the speakers. I have them all over the place.