How much does your system retail for?

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About $12.5k right now and even that has been largely spread out over the last 23 years, so it hasn't hurt me too bad really. May add another $1-1.5k before all is said and done. The weird part is that the 2.0-channel rig of just the components themselves is only about $4.5k, but I've slowly been adding a slew of Alan Maher Designs noise reduction gear and wiring that has since grown to about $8k-dollar's worth on its own...didn't set out to do it that way, it's just that everything I've gotten from that guy has made a definite improvement, so I've been more than rewarded to keep going in that direction. To say I'm satisfied is an understatement - despite the fact that my 'tweak' budget is now roughly twice my component budget(!), Lol.

The real question is: Was the time spent worth it?

First system: $14000; second system: $7000; third system: $1500.

Whoops; forgot fourth system[garage-from thrift store and estate sales]$100: Sansui517 and 217, Pioneer 518 T.T. with Shure M95ED, Nakamich B1 cassette deck, and Fried Beta monitors.