HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER?

Sky should be the limit for a toilet paper roll too.

For a long time now, some charlatans have been trying to claim that the price of 3 dumb drivers in a box can be a million dollars somehow...he’ll do "r&d" apparently to make the soundstage stretch to the sky. A piece of wire costs 100k somehow with these charlatans.

If it works for 3 dumb drivers in a box and some wire, a toilet paper roll (fancy one) should cost a million too, why not?

"IF YOU ARE RICH, WHY NOT?", said the charlatan. He must think rich people are stupid as doorknob stoopid. Some of the rich ones got rich because they were way smarter than you charly/charlito... try harder.

As long as YOU like the system YOU CAN AFFORD, nothing else matters.

I'm 73 and I am conscious  that my son will inherit my system.  I know he isn't gonna bother with replacing tubes so everything needs to be solid state.  He isn't going to bother with records so music needs to be on CDs.  I do a lot of streaming and stream elevator music while asleep.  My hifi gives me a peace, and I want to leave that peace to him.  My system needs to have a small foot print so my son can take it with him wherever he moves.   My interest in hifi greatly increased when I retired.  

Ron

Hopefully Ron, you will outlive your current system...I'm 75 and figure my kids will inherit a different system than I have now, and maybe even learn to love tubes and LP's...

Asking a bunch of audiophiles what's too much is akin to asking any addict what's too much. Right question, wrong focus group. 

All the best,
Nonoise