Where did you sink the most cash into?


I'm not interested in how much anyone  spent, but I'm curious what the single most costly item in your system is- ie, amplifier, CD player, etc.

I will go first- in my present set up, it's speakers. 

But I can't live without my ancient Zerostat (the red one) which was probably 1/3 if what they retail for now. My most enduring audio purchase!  
zavato

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When I started out the conventional wisdom was 50% on speakers! And with my first system, all of $400- a $75 turntable, a $125 receiver, were complimented by $200 speakers! 
The only surprise I have in the responses is that for a few, cabling has been the single biggest expense. 

In my system, I've probably put less but close to 10% for wire but my results are a bit skewed because I've built some of the power cords I use and I also built one of my IC's