Just thought after the "how much is your system worth" post that it would be nice to see what all these people do to get $80K systems, and perhaps how long it takes. I'm a 29-year old economist for the gov., just completeed my Ph.D. last month, and my system is at about $10K. Just a pup hoping to keep upgrading...
Production Coordination for a Poultry processing plant. 29 years of age today. Home Theater is worth original retail @ just over $11,000. I like to party.
Great thread idea, a 13 yr old thread is a beautiful thing! I'm 47, an electrician living outside of Vancouver Canada. My current 2 channel rig would retail for 11K, and the theater about 10K, thought I paid much less for both.
I restarted the 2 channel system in earnest with a used pair of speakers that go for 6K new, buying some bargain electronics to run them, big mistake. It took me a good while to sort that out with gear that had good synergy and I finally love those speakers. Thanks Parasound.
The system is about 50 k now & growing. Love good: Rock / Blues & occasional Jazz & also time for some Clasical when in the mood. 5k Music library most cd/DVD/blue ray. Return to vinyl & getting this side of the collection sorted. As analogue as possible...
45 year old educational software analyst and instructional designer. My current system retails about $12,000 (amp is second hand, so I paid about $9,000 for it all). Had a system that retailed for about $35,000 at one point but I just didn't enjoy music with it and started over. I've managed to find good synergy for reasonable cost right now and I plan to hold onto this system for awhile.
I've spent around $20,000 on media over the years (mostly vinyl and CDs but now adding high resolution downloads over CDs whenever possible). Probably close to that much in tickets and travel costs seeing live music over the years too.
Crap. I could have paid my house off by now if I didn't love this hobby so much.
I probably responded to this thread at some point in the past. Practiced copyright law in NYC for 33+ years, semi-retired from the partnership of a large firm a few years ago to do other things (non-lawyer) in the music/film/tech fields. I teach part-time at UT Law School and have been involved in the music industry for decades. Split time between Austin and New York. I have a pretty good system, never added up what it cost~ seems kind of pointless since the stuff doesn't appreciate in value, though I appreciate it more, now that I have the time to listen it. My interest over the last couple years has been to locate the best sonic examples of vinyl pressings I can of music I enjoy. The process has helped me put the hi-fi endeavor into perspective- focusing on the music rather than the gear. (Been playing with hi-fi gear in a serious way since the very early 70's and still love that part too- but it is a means to an end. I'm approaching 60 years, a good time of life to make such changes.
Newly retired chemist, 61 in June, Homeless bum in training. Schubert, we need to get you a spot on late night TV. You are far more entertaining than the existing highly paid, hardly homeless, bums.
Hello, I'm Mark and the opposite of most people here. I'm just a delivery driver, and have no business having $25k In a 2ch stereo system, plus tv/ room acoustics... You'd think a 42 y.o would know better! Heh..
Noone ha$ a clue about my setup.. So much money and it doesn't tune radio stations or even have bal./ tone controls!
How weird I was listening to a live, 45 minute, version of Pink Floyd's echoes from 1971 over the weekend speaking of albatrosses. Or would the plural simply be albatross? Hmmm.....
Daytime: Software Engineer; Other time: Vintage Audio repair, Running record store, Reselling estates, System worth around $4k, record collection about $25k Collect and re-sell records since early teens. Play accordion, electric bass, string bass and love classical music, jazz and progressive rock. Prior started with being salad boy at Tribeca Diner NYC, than auto-mechanics, private servant-chauffeur.
I am now 40 and work Campus Safety at a local college. I have been in the hobby since I bought my first stereo from Circuit City for my 8th grade grauation. One of these days, I will get around to posting a picture of my current setup. You can see all equipment in my profile.
Hi, 64 retired airline pilot, living in Canada, (Montreal area), and about 15k worth of audio stuff... What a great way to spend these snowy skies these day!
68+, 'semi-retired' co-owner of a playground design/fabrication/installation company. Previously, have been in 'n out of the commercial signage/graphics field. Mostly, the fancy stuff....directories for lobbies, 'identity graphics' (the name over/on/next to the entry), hospitals, office buildings....'anywhere someone needed to be told where to go', and perhaps Why. *L* Some 25ish years of that honor....;)
(It was a good cocktail party joke, BTW... "What do you do?" "Tell you where to go...")
Got an enormous amount of 'hands on' experience with any material one could consider using for that endeavor, and the machinery to work with it.
Current equipment is priceless, as in old, new, bought, given...everything but stolen. *L* To replace it?....*hmmm* maybe $4~5K, if all new.
I get the most pleasure out of my efforts at DIY'ing Walsh speakers; not the Ohm variety, but back to a variant of the original Lincoln Walsh/Ohm speakers of the '70's.
...and that's my story, and I'm sticking (or stuck) to it....;)
50s. Graduate-level education. Slave to US property taxes and health insurance bills. Main rig cost $12,000 by buying used and vintage. Second rig cost around $7,000.
96+ years old. Retired Air Force officer, Retired hi-tech company VP. MBA ,MA History., Trained electrical engineer. When completely retired, working vocabulary decreased to two words, viz., "Yes, Dear!" Began this hobby right after WW11, DIY preamps, amps and speakers using the old Audio magazines for inspiration. Began listening to classical music in the early 1930s via a wind-up Victrola playing RCA Victor Red Seal records. Went through the gamut of 78's, 45's, Lp,s, reel-to-reel and finally CD's. Extensive collection of classical CD's. Refuse to stream. 2-channel Stereo with Thiel speakers, Bryston electronics and Sennheiser cans. Understanding neighbors.
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