10k for home theater/2ch setup but my pride in it jumps it up to about 40k. |
8k for 2 channel audio. All I want for now. |
Somewhere around 15K, pure stereo, no HT stuff. Some is fairly old so hard to say what comparable new would be. |
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This totals 11.5k. My current system is the nicest I've ever owned. I'm a twenty year old S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo student. I own a Sony CDP X77ESD ($1800 retail (paid $900)), Perpetual Technologies' P1A, P3, & P3A (~$2000), Illuminations D-60 ($200), Revelation Silver Is2 ($400), Sony TA-E77ESD Preamp ($500 used), 2 Adcom 5400's ($750 each), Monster Cable (~$100), a/d/s l-1290's ($1500 per pair), a/d/s l-1590's ($2600 per pair), Sony K-890es tape deck ($600), Sony STR-730es tuner ($250), Sony DTC-75esd ($900). This totals 11.5k |
how much is that doggie in the window.....i have a repair shop and i don't have hardly anything anymore that i've...paid for. i pd for parts to fix most of it, other than that...humm. i have everything from a 15w rca console to 100 watt mono blocks. i play guitar & have a small bedroom studio, mostly filled with stuff i just ran into. what''s it's worth...oh my. what we need here is a audio estimater. it'd be a great device that someone would make and sell to the public, it'd break and i'd have 3 or 4 of them. careful....it's a jungle out there...... |
did some upgrading now my 2 channel is around 11k and home theater is 6k. |
It's the thread that won't go away! I am just over 30,000, but I think the Soundlabs or Wilson Watt/Puppies I want to buy this summer will add a significant amount to that! |
My Martin Logan SL3 for $1600, Bag-end infrasub for $1000, Pioneer Elete DVD for $300 (retail $1200). The rest of my gear is low end that will be replaced. I promised myself that I will never become a gearphile! |
well its hard to say after 5 systems and 3 home theater systems. just about 120k.there are 3 listing rooms for my 2 channel systems and 3 home theater rooms. of course i do not have any kids and spend my life collecting audio equipment which i never sell.just keep adding and changing amps cd player ect..... new formats. every time i change a piece of audio equiment it changes the sound of my system. so i never get bord. i am a sick freak. they call us audiophiles. even in this world of uncertainty when all else fails you can go and sit in you room and float away with your music.so all you new comers beware of this disease.it never ends until you do!!!! |
My system retail for a lot more than my WIFE thinks. David |
This is my second system. In the first I had about $4000 invested. Since Sept 2002 I have spent a little over $17,000. It doesn't seem possible! In fact I am certain I probably forgot a few tweaks. Oh well!! Never stop upgrading! All this Audiophile appetite started when I was 13 (Heathkits) and now I am 60. This hobby of ours is extreemly addictive. Yes? |
2 channel is about 115.000.00 and theatre about 125.000.00 |
Retail: $4700, paid $2300 used
That's for:
CDP/Pre/Power/Speakers (+ assorted cables)
Rotel/Marsh/Belles/B&W
It's constantly changing as I buy and sell all the time.
- But think I'm close to a point where I can stop the constant upgrade-itis and just enjoy the music :) |
Around 30K. Boy, money flies when you're having fun. I will stop this madness rightnow, uhm.., that's right after I get the Hydra line conditioning thingy. |
Home theater, $7,500.00, all bought new. Wish i knew of Audiogon earlier, it would probably be all used and retail for 15k
2 Channel setup, i dunno. I havent bought one yet. thats my current project.
Im only 26 though, and have been finacialy able to enjoy this hobby for maybe 3 years. Now i live with my Girlfriend who goes to massage school full time so i carry a bulk of the bills. Once she graduates in december, its time to focus on the 2 channel setup |
About $14,000 for just 2 channel. |
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Man, after reading the posts, i dunnno if i wanna say!
Everything was bought new. Some deals.
Paid about 7,500, retails for just under 10k.
Man... what the hell do you people do for a living? Whatever it is, i want to do that!
Brainwater! My God man! thats a hell of a setup! Hats off to you! |
Marty76 - that's both audio AND HT?! I'm not sure i believe you. sorry but i'm not as stupid as i look. i paid twice that and i'm only starting to glimpse audio nirvana. but ah...so nice. |
2chanel system 29k, Home theater 19k, thanks brian
you open my eyes and my nerve,this excluding used
gear just when I am starting,15 years ago.I was about
to give you the detai of my equipment, psss but
my wife just about to enter the room, I have to go... |
My only regret in spending about 21K is that I didn't spend it sooner so I would be enjoying this equiptment for a larger precentage of my life |
$9000 for 2-ch (actually paid $6700) and another $2800 for HT. I'm guesstimating $17000 for cd's and LPs.
This thread has been a fun read. I was surprised at the number of individuals that have $100,000+ systems. Believe me, if I had that kind of coin, I'd be right there with you guys.
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$25,550. Weighted toward analog. |
About $15K for my 2 ch main system; $3k for HT; and about $2.5k for a 2ch home-brewed tube system( bdrm).
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Have spent $12,653 including racks, tubes, tweaks (everything listed in my "system". Retail is $30,278. |
What a God-awful vulgar thread. |
Interesting to read all this. I've spent around 11-12 k, or no, I should say: my current system costs around 11-12 k, but I have spent more. Funny thing is, it took me around 20 years to get to this, and Ì don't think I will spent much more (even if I could afford it, which I don't.....). But, in a small attempt to make my johnson a bit longer, I think the software part (cd/lp) is worth around 25 k. Now am I allowed to join the club? :) |
1st 2 channel system retails for $21K including cables and tweaks. I paid $13K(all hardware demos) and now I've got the analog bug. Gotta make the Quads hum don't you know!!!!!!!!!
2nd 2 channel system retails for $9K paid about $4K(Hardware all B stock and audiogon deals). |
Well,let's see if I fold my johnson, then I will be more competitive!I'm up yo $45,000.However,that includes a $15,000 50" plasma monitor and my system will stay 2 channel, for fear that in 2 years I will wake up 1 night in a terrible sweat to see if my 22 multi-channel system is still downstairs. |
Let's see, about $11,000 retail. Actual cost more like $7,500, which is about 68% of retail. Wow, not bad. I'm glad I took the time to do this. Makes me feel much better, although it won't help convince my significant other. |
72k- two channel - dedicated music system |
It was $499. for my Bose Wave Radio/CD, but I did get free shipping. I'm planning to upgrade the PC and install solar power, so I can get rid of that ugly orange 100' extention cord that goes to the generator. |
$24,000 with another 8 grand in bits scattered around the pad.
I hate myself, and I hate the person who started this thread. |
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Bluecirclehead, thats about 300 more than mine. |
Slappy, how did you get past the ballotation? :) |
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$26,500 More than I thought! |
300 dollars just ask my wife |
$14,000. strange; I never thought about it.. |
My system retails for about $50,000, but I actually paid only one half of that. I was able to save tens of thousands of dollars by buying my equipment used, or new but in raw or prototype condition. Instead of showing off my speakers like trophies, they are all hidden behind screens or curtains. The emphasis is on the aesthetics of music, not the detail in the cabinets. |
$104,400. Includes 5 dedicated AC lines. Was hoping like hell as I was adding this up that it did not hit six figures. In fact, was quite surprised at the number as hadn't thought about it-only ever really consider the resale value! ;^) |
$50,000 in the Equipment and $13,000 in vinyl and CD. Most of the EQ. was bought in the past two years, so now it's time to buy Lots-O music! |
$60K give or take. I separated from my "financial manager" about 10 months ago, and I've been buying myself congratulatory gifts ever since (the latest was an AN 4.1x Balanced Signature). I've recapitulated all the growth an audiophile normally does over 10 years in the space of 6 months, and I am one seriously happy camper.
I don't think the same WAF problem is going to happen again, because a) this time it's my money, not "our" money, and b) I recently put a demo pair of Pursang interconnects into the system, and when I put on a disc my girlfriend stopped what she was doing and said "Wow! Listen to her voice - that's amazing!" Yup, one happy, happy camper. |
I'd estimate my system probably retails for about $50-60K (I spent no more than $20K), but I bought almost every piece of it used on audiogon or ebay, or else I bought them as demos from authorized dealers. |
Whew! One day I hope to accumulate a net worth as high as some of your stereos. I'v been sitting here really happy with the performance of my new $180 set of klipsch computer speakers. |
Audio part = 9200. Video part = 7700. and worth it. |
Retail about $17K, but with most of it purchased used, I paid just over $10K. I had a system that went essentially unchanged for almost 10 years, then I started re-vamping things a couple years ago. I suspect that I will spend some more money again this year, but then I will probably take a couple years off and just enjoy what I have.
Mike |
$13,000 and I can't even listen to it yet. |
