How much does your system retail for?

Forgetting about other hobby's where people spend obscene amounts of money, for example, cars (including aftermarket add ons) aviation, boating, aqauriums, remote cars and planes, etc.......


What about people that over the years have spend similar amounts (okay Albert aside) going out drinking (I'm sure that adds up) drugs (including tobacco), the lottery and gambling, prostitutes.

While most of society would look at us as crazy, there are much more frivolus things people do with their money, who have much less to show in terms of assets, and may have harmed their health and or psyche in the process.

Another way I look at it, a night out at a jazz club (included 2 drink minumum) is $40-50 per person, and most of the time you are not hearing anywhere near the level of talent most of we jazz fans hear on a nightly basis.

Wow Cajun, that is horrible you were wiped out in Katrina. A year ago a small plane hit my building and though we had some water damage and had to move out for a month, luckily my gear and LP's were spared. (and I had just gotten new speakers I waited a year to be delivered) I had to keep reminding my freaked out girlfriend that we were incredibly lucky and the people in Katrina were the ones who had truly suffered.

I'm glad you have a new system up and running, that probably is better than your previous one. I'm sure many of your neighbors will never get back to that level of functionality in their lives, which is sad.