We have a new stereo now and things are much better at the class. I don't know how we would have got on without a stereo - we'd have had to sing along or something! It's really helped us out.
We really needed that storage - it's going to take us ages to save up and buy some. Our room is still a mess. We'll just have to struggle on though, I suppose. It's not like the salsa class really needed a new stereo - they could have surely just brought one in from home.