A week without mp3s. Interesting BBC report

I saw this story on the BBC website. I think it neatly illustrates one of my points. I can't quite identify the separates, but it looks like a NAD 3020 amp (I can't tell the exact version) and a pair of Mordaunt Short (possibly) MS10's. The Philips CD player is a complete mystery though, but the styling suggests something from the late 80s or early 90s. Nonetheless it is pretty damning that kit produced, say 20 years ago, sounds better than the kit being sold today.