Willl you spend over $5000.00 for speakers?

I thought I was crazy when I bought my BMW 800's for $9000,,. But after owning them approximately 6 months now, they are worth every penny I spent. Now all I gotta to is save up for the Krell FPB 600 & its off to the looney bin for me---------

Did I say BMW---of course i meant B&W 800,sorry

I bought a pair of Silver Signatures (list $8000) and later a Linn 5160 subwoofer. For years, I assumed there is a point of diminishing returns in stereo equipment--it seemed to me that as long as my ears were the weakest component in the system, it was good enough. I didn't understand about psychoacoustics then. We evaluate sound in a great many different ways, and there is a magic that happens when a system is good enough. You stop listening to a stereo system and simply listen to music. In comparison, listening to poorer systems takes effort, and is tiring, rather the way that reading for long periods on a computer monitor is tiring. The differences may be subliminal, but they are very real.

In my dreams! With a wife, 3 kids, and a healthy guilt complex about indulging myself, I have a hard time supersizing my quarter pounder meal! I've never even bought a set of speakers! Have always made my own-(Remember Mcgee Electronics? I was a big customer). Results have been mixed-have yet to build a set I couldn't find fault with. My midlife crisis is just around the corner though and I've actually been auditioning speakers that weren't built in the garage. I've been asking myself daily "Will you actually spend 500.00 for speakers?" If I go stark raving mad and actually go for some serious high end stuff, where would be a good place to look in the detroit area?