Nab2 - I agree with the other posters feedback, but would also like to add...
As you move up in the price range the "ratios" can change dramatically.
e.g. - I have a pair of speakers in my AV system that are around 18% of the whole system - but on my 2-channel system they represent around 35% of the total system cost.
Factor in an individuals personal brand preferences and/or their desire to have the latest technological advances and you will get ratios that are all over the map.
It can also change based on how much "hi-fi Knowledge" a person has to begin with or acquired over the years they have been involved in this "obsession".
As an example of this - if you would have told me 30 years ago that I’d be spending as much as I have on cables - I would have said you were insane - but here I am :-)
The variables are many and in many ways the question in your OP is as difficult to answer as that age old question...
Regards...
As you move up in the price range the "ratios" can change dramatically.
e.g. - I have a pair of speakers in my AV system that are around 18% of the whole system - but on my 2-channel system they represent around 35% of the total system cost.
Factor in an individuals personal brand preferences and/or their desire to have the latest technological advances and you will get ratios that are all over the map.
It can also change based on how much "hi-fi Knowledge" a person has to begin with or acquired over the years they have been involved in this "obsession".
As an example of this - if you would have told me 30 years ago that I’d be spending as much as I have on cables - I would have said you were insane - but here I am :-)
The variables are many and in many ways the question in your OP is as difficult to answer as that age old question...
How Long Is A Piece Of String?
Regards...