How much does your system retail for?

We should start a new thread namely, Who does not tell your spouse the real price of your new purchase gear(s)? I don't. Never have guts to add all up but hi-end audio salons in town recognize my face and love me for suporting their "making a living".

Cool site actually:

westegg.com/inflation/

if you want to see how much you vintage gear would cost now.

You want to know why I hate people who name drop about VAC or BAT or whatever on 'gon? Take a look - it tells you how meaningless their $75,000. system is in real market terms. It's amazing how much designers have forgotten, though some things have improved.

Vintage Yamaha Integrated (1978) w/ two 3 way adjustable phono's - $600. ($1828. 2005 dollars)
Paradigm Monitor 7 v.2 Speakers w/PDR 10" Sub - $1170.
Grado Red Phono Cartridge- $120.
Spacedeck w/10" Spacearm v.1 - $3000.
Cary Rocket 808 v.1 - $2850.
JVC DVD player - $220.
Audio Experience Symphonies - $400.00
Harmonic Tech Cords - $420.
RiverCable Speaker Cords - $220.
Kenwood Tuner/Integrated - $300. in '74 ($1247. in '05)
Cart - $85.
Racketballs - $20.

So... about $12,000., depending on how you look at it... of course in reality I think I paid $5600., total, so you know, it's a Soprano-style deal.

More than my wife would ever guess :)

Mine is just stupid $$$ now that I look at it...but I just need one more piece and I'll be set for a while...

$22,000 for 2 channel and another $6000 including the dual use Home Theater, pretty much locked into this for some time to come

Last time I posted, I wrote my system was worth 125 Boardwalk hotels retail (and I had "paid" 40-50 hotels). I off by a factor of five - I had forgotten my Monopoly® rules. It was more like 25 hotels (assuming it costs 5 houses to buy a hotel), and I had paid 8-10.

Three years later I look at this thread and I am up to about 90 hotels (retail) and a bit over 30 hotels actually paid.

Sheesh. What am I thinking?!

20,000.00 retail,but i didnt pay that much,,,

About $800, vintage and/or "bang-for-the-buck" stuff, some pieces were free.

i am abottom feeder and only buy used stuff have a fine sounding system and way too much gear a system retail 45,000.00 used about17,oo.oo oh yeah only gear new are my new speakers 927 be's

$31k and climbing.

Yikes!!! I just realized that my system's MSRP is now over $100K!!!!! I must stop....immediately...if not sooner.
How did I get this F^&*ed up???

Seriously, I am thinking of scaling back down and just doing an integrated and some small monitors....no really.....

John

$1,233,000.00 to date. I have a Bose surround system with very expensive cables just to make the Bose's listenable.

about 75k now, but we are building a new home with a dedicated room, so, if you figure in the cost of a house....nah, better not, no one would build a home just because they wanted a great sounding room, right? right?

40k, give or take. Stereo only. Mostly in the speakers. Spent around 10k. Almost there.

As every year goes by, the cost of my system seems more reasonable.

By the time I'm 100 I bet I'll think it was free.

Actual cost (some stuff bought new, some used) of roughly $22,000. Equipment only.

$41,000.00 is my current theater investment.

Around 30K. I can't believe I just typed that, but it is true. Two years ago when the salesmen asked me what I wanted to spend I said I could MAYBE stretch it up to $2500 for a system. Of course, what I have now was purchased for much, much less than retail, but it is still an absurd number. What is more absurd still is that I could happily take it up to 80K retail and probably still find a way to long for an upgrade.

The good news is that sanity is returning. I was in a store a few days back, and while greatly enjoying a $4000 system I starting to think about downgrading. I haven’t done it, but at least I am thinking rationally again.

around 70,000 all plinius 102s dual mono ballanced,one silver one black,plinius p8-center-m8 preamp,sa 100mk3 for surrounds all silver, transparent bi cables, interconnects. magnum 102 triode tuner w/remote,kora hermes dac,pioneer elite 64 hdmi ect... mirage om 6s ,10s ,mc2 ,bps400 .1 ,stereo bag end infrasubs 18 from plinius rcas ,classe sp300/most everything purchased new,nothing wrong with used but, like a good woman: i prefer being FIRST!!! chow... pictures soon

This thread was started by the Audiogon wives’ association? Rumor is they’re preparing Christmas lists for themselves and will use this information to extrapolate the new equation for their own shopping needs… hmm, where are my credit cards… :-o

Not counting three Bang & Olufsen systems sort-of hanging around the house I'm holding at about 30k for my 2 channel system... I am still amazed by the incredibly clean and absolutely crystal clear sound my Pipedreams display every time I listen...

Honestly, music is my sanity and restores my soul keeping peace with my mind...

I agree with others.. Thank God for Audiogon. Mine would retail for around 20,000 for just the two channel side.

WOW is that scary or what!! But Albert does make me feel better!

With the new front end I'm back to around $61,750. Give or take a few $1000?!? Wow, am I glad that I didn't pay that much for it!

A ridiculous number retail; a semi-ridiculous number is out of pocket over the past 3 years. I REALLLLY enjoy the sound I get, however this is the WORST hobby imaginable for an instant gratification person(experience talking here). There is ALWAYS something better, no matter WHAT you have..........

Trying my hardest to avoid the ultimate irony of finally, years from now, having the PERFECT system, only to no longer be able to really HEAR and appreciate it due to hearing loss, etc (i.e., AGE!!)

20K. Over fifteen years of buying and selling demo/new/used to get there.

$6k. Most used.

My system is about 6k but my upgrade will be neer 10k all new.

$18,500 2 channel and on the march for new cables. Not counting the $5,000.00 worth of stuff I am supposed to be selling which I am currently not using.

$30,000 and no end in sight

2Ch. $15,000.00 with more spent on Home Theater $22,600.00 due to I have had my amp and pre-amp over 20 years and the new HT stuff can get pretty pricey.

The garage system is old cast offs from the house and it comes in at $6180. with 45 year old Bozak's that are still singing.

I didn't add in any sales tax for NY state because that would be rude. I also can't count the stereo on my full dress Harley because I don't listen to it when I'm riding because the mufflers are quite loud and they are sweet.

You got that right, Nrchy. He's now pulling his Dominus PC from the CDP to send that to us for an audition. Thankfully, my wife has a tremendous set of ears, and a particular fondness for people named Albert. We just broke all the rules of sanity by purchasing interconnects whose per pair price exceeds that our our amps! Oh, but that sound is sooooo addictive. Yes, you nailed it. He's there every time to answer the addiction, that nonchalant audio pusher!

Albert comes across as a real nice guy till you here some of those cables. Then he's like the heroin or crack dealer down the street. Run before he gets you hooked! ALL the cable in my system is Purist ---> look what he did to me!

Nrchy,
Now, you do know that you're not supposed to include your motorcycle in the tally, right? :-)

By the way, Albert Porter just loaned me some PAD cables. Soon enough, I'll be hitting those crazy numbers as well, given how good these things sound!

I was surprised when I added it up to $50,500. I wonder if I missed anything?

WOW $50,000 and I have cheap speakers!!!

Of course I don't have my new TT/arm/cartridge yet, so It's really only $25,000... But I already paid for the new stuff?!?

$75,000 Rig + Music
$50,000 MSRP Two Channel, CD only. $25,000 in CDs.

$ 15,800.00 for 2 channel HT with Plasma TV included
Pioneer Elite Plasma, Plinius, TAD, Totem, Marantz, RGPC, Hsu, SignalCable

The highest one that I have seen on audiogon was the obgyn doc.I added up his list from 2004 and it came to just under $500,000.00 and he was just getting ready to update his video equipment.He had to add a third central ac unit just to cool his room and I asume no tax or setup fees were listed.I am sure many of you guys have seen his set up on here.His cables and interconects cost more than my new car.

My Yorx system was $77

I also love my Mac equipment.

Way too much... Let's talk about music?!
My records are still worth much more monetarily and otherwise. Peace

$430 is what I have invested in my system. I have been very frugal out of neccesity. But it makes pretty good music to my ears.

All vintage-

Marantz 2252B receiver- $30 thrift store 3 years ago

Thorens TD 160 /Linn Basik LVX arm/ Goldring 1042, AT440ML, Denon 110 Total from misc. sources over last 2 years- $220

ALtec 604-8G's in factory 620A cabs- $150 from church yard sale about 1 month ago.

About $30 in cables.

I am getting ready to refurb 2 Heath W4 AM 20 watt amps in the near future. I will have about $200 in them when all said and done, which will replace my Marantz.

It looks like I may be the budget guy on the block. It really sounds very good for such a low budget, and am looking forward to getting my tubes going.

$7,677.00 plus cables and rack.

Now up to $21,500 with some equipment changes. When will the madness stop?! The good new is though the retail has gone up my expenditure remains at $8240!

$21,000 msrp for two channel only, paid about $12,000 for it though. thank you, audiogon!

MSRP $30,700 for main system, but nearly all components were bought on Audiogon for a total cost of $11,400.

db

$19500 as of now

$55

I got a good sounding sony cd player, and AKG k-300 haedphones, and the sound is pretty darn good !
No room acoustics to worry about, so it sounds like a concert stage - in my ear.

I am planning on getting a sony MP3 - add convenients of accessing my library in a second.

And I am adding a headphone amp - Class A for $140. This will further enhance the sound - further extension on the buttom.

Anyone without a proper room acoustics should consider getting a good headphones - will reward.

What your system retails for and what you pay are very different I hope. Thank goodness you can buy used on Agon. I would have to guess its entirely too personal to reveal what you spend but high end seems to have price points just like everything else. $1,000 $5,000 $10,000. There is no magic number I would venture to guess that most sane Agoners spend about $5-10,000 for their primary system going by the prices charged at retail, otherwise pick a number. $2,000 CD/TT 2-5K for amps similar numbers for speakers all new full priced.Nah make that $15-20k total for the "audiophile" $1,000 for the newbie.

$675 New! (Price of CDs and computer are excluded)

Equipment consists of:

Source: Monkey's Audio playing back via Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 soundcard

Amp: a T-Amp running on Wall Wart (SLA Battery and charger upgrade should not be too far into the future.. then next comes the upgrade caps and connectors of the T-Amp)

Speaker: A pair of Omega Super 3 (I see a small musical sub in my Crystal Ball and maybe a DIY tweeter addon running from my spare T-Amp)

I think this is one of the cheapest system on audiogon (at least for now!)

-=SGI=-

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$59,000 w/2nd mcintosh pre-amp and poweramps thiel 7.2's(too heavy to move) still in boxes.just got back into vinyls-start the meter again.

$10,500 if retail $6200 out of pocket to make all the mistakes I have made before I learned so much here.