Hi. I just bought a Sony CDP-XE370 single disc cd player. I want a good but inexpensive stereo system. I am not sure what I will get for speakers but I am curious about something. I don't listen to the radio at all, just the cd's that I have, so could I skip getting a receiver and just get an integrated amp or pre-amp (im not sure I know the difference between the two), and power my system this way or is this not advisable? Will an amp have all the connections on the back panel needed to hook up interconnects, speakers, etc?

I don't want to buy an expensive amp either if I can do without the receiver, probably buy off of etronics.com because their prices are low or find a good deal on ebay. Believe it or not, I got the Sony player for just $68 including shipping on ebay. It was NIB. So hopefully I can get some more good deals for my other audio components.

Any help from other audio enthusiaphiles is really appreciated!!!