HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER?

@carlsbad2: Isn't having a lifetime subscription more like having a library card than one's own library?

For networths indicated below, it is good to not exceed indicated rig costs in 2025 (to mitigate maximal diminished returns).

Networth: Rig cost

10k to 50k: Walmart boombox (just kidding, get Hifiman headphones)

100k: 1k

500k: 3k

1 mill: 10k

10 mill: 50k

100 mill: 100k

500 mill: 100k

1 bill: 100k

100 bill: 100k

500 billion (Vladimirovich, Elon, etc): 100k

People spend a lot of money on booze, vacations, etc and don't think twice about it. 

I bought my first pair of Von Schweikert speakers in 1997 from money I saved by giving up alcohol for 10 years (it was necessary). 

People spend $50k on vehicles every day.  No big deal.  Why is buying a nice audio system viewed differently? You could buy a used vehicle for cheap and it would get you where need to go. 

"People spend $50k on vehicles every day. No big deal."

yes, exactly, that makes no sense either. But the price of eggs....?

Nobody cares about what other people think they should spend or not.