What is the current retail cost of your reference system?

As Seinfeld said when asked about how many cars he owns, think of a number that’s the outermost limit of what is rational, and it’s more than that.

I'm at about $97k retail for the whole system, all is current or semi-current production, with as much as possible purchased used. Cables are easily $20k at retail, to say nothing of what many would consider tweaks.

Makes me very happy every day...

Hard to say since to claim Klipsch Lascalas II retail for roughly $5000 each. The new version is much higher, I bought B stock which has played flawlessly for over 5 years. My amp was about $4000. Source components are about another $5000. Cabling was about $2000. Sub and cabling about $1500, So how much is that? None of us worry too much about it unless a piece of kit dies. The, for me, is the side items such as new media, new tubes, headphones, headphone amp, record cleaning machines, special tweeks everywhere like Mad Scientist nano pods, contact goop, vibration reducing pads, and on and on,,,All very worth it to me.

$70,000 main system with back-up amps, pre-amps, DACs and transports. One LP turntable and two sets of high end speakers. $5,000 living room system.   Missing from discussion-cost of listening room-$150,000

@fleschler 

I'll bet if you put the $5000 system in the $150,000 room it would sound like a $50,000 system in an average room.