What's your profession? Age?

I am surprised there are no other professors. I am 64 and have been at this since 1954! I have little idea what I have in my system; probably about $50K excluding the stuff I have for sale.

Salesman since 1975, you got it I'll sell it. Railroad equipment, eggs, ignition coils for cars, motorcycles, aircraft (magnetos, ignitors), cryogenic liquids, industrial gases, confectionary processing equipment. Built my own speakers w/cabinets in 1967, bought my first used equipment in 1968 (Bell 3030 integrated amp for $25, still have and use, sounds great). Dropped out of hi end for awhile while I purchased other toys, back into it and I'm scaring myself, spend too much time looking for 6Dj8's and ways to explain to my wife why I have to move the couch 3.4" to the left and move the grandfather clock to the other wall. Age? Luigi50. System cost...you think I'm keeping track?

Age: 25
Profession: Phone Computer Tech Support for a technology services outsourcing company.
System retail: 5.5k soon to be 7.5k

Profession: Respiratory Therapist, acute care...into prolonging lives. 49 years young. Amount invested, approx $20k plus...have not been content since I sold my Altec VOTT's when I went back to college years ago. It has become very expensive attempting to duplicate that sound, oh well, its fun trying.

Age: let's just say mid 40's and keep it at that. (just had a birthday and am feeling kind of old this week)

Profession: Defender of free speech in the Bush/Ashcroft era. Actually, I am a librarian/IT/Network Admin. for a public library system

Audiophile since my early teens. Solidified by seeing the infamous Grateful Dead Wall of Sound PA system in the early 70's. Dan Healy knew how to make a room sing!

Money invested in gear: A lot. Most aquired by not paying retail, and a couple of pre-owned pieces. Seems like I've spent more on tweaks and accessories though. Enormous sums invested in software. Thank God I live within 1/2 hour of Princeton Record Exchange. I also managed to take good care of some vinyl I've had since my teens.