How much does your system retail for?

More than my wife would ever guess :)

Cool site actually:

westegg.com/inflation/

if you want to see how much you vintage gear would cost now.

You want to know why I hate people who name drop about VAC or BAT or whatever on 'gon? Take a look - it tells you how meaningless their $75,000. system is in real market terms. It's amazing how much designers have forgotten, though some things have improved.

Vintage Yamaha Integrated (1978) w/ two 3 way adjustable phono's - $600. ($1828. 2005 dollars)
Paradigm Monitor 7 v.2 Speakers w/PDR 10" Sub - $1170.
Grado Red Phono Cartridge- $120.
Spacedeck w/10" Spacearm v.1 - $3000.
Cary Rocket 808 v.1 - $2850.
JVC DVD player - $220.
Audio Experience Symphonies - $400.00
Harmonic Tech Cords - $420.
RiverCable Speaker Cords - $220.
Kenwood Tuner/Integrated - $300. in '74 ($1247. in '05)
Cart - $85.
Racketballs - $20.

So... about $12,000., depending on how you look at it... of course in reality I think I paid $5600., total, so you know, it's a Soprano-style deal.

We should start a new thread namely, Who does not tell your spouse the real price of your new purchase gear(s)? I don't. Never have guts to add all up but hi-end audio salons in town recognize my face and love me for suporting their "making a living".

$44K, almost all of it modded way beyond original quality and value. I like to think it's comparable to two to four times that much, especially given the cherry-picked-for-value nature of each component, to start with.

And you of course have a room and electrics that are built to suit the special needs of your very specialized and expensive gear...