Total spent on music vs equipment?

968 CD's
209 LP's
many music downloads from .99 to 4.99

My guesstimate may be off a bit (o:

I'm guessing my average cost per CD is higher than $15 because I have many, many high quality CD's that bump the average up.

Soon enough myself and everyone other disc buyer will have a pile of plastic that will fetch pennies on the dollar at flea markets as another format will be undoubtedly be the new standard of the day - and I don't mean FLAC, etc.

..and so it goes.

400 CDs, mostly classical; about half of them second-hand from one of the numerous stores within walking distance. Average cost $10 at a guess, so 4 Gs.

3000 LPs, some inherited, some gifts, some dragged around for years (Workingman's Dead!) but most bought at fire sale prices from the same second hand stores, at the time when deluded folks were selling their collections to go digital. Average cost $4 at a guess, so 12 Gs.

Main system actual cost about 12 Gs last time I checked but that's for current items. Does not count money spent and lost on resale / upgrade. I've broken even often enough but expect a loss normally. This maybe up to 4Gs over time.

Puts the outlay about even, gear = music.

An audio audit... super.

All the gear or just two ch gear?

MSRP or actual?

I'll have to take my shoes off for this.

Over $20K gearwise, in actual cost, easy! Probably closer to $25K.

Up around $7-8K in software, non inclusive of older LPs... pop & rock from the '60s & '70s, I've no clue as to how much they're worth really is. Call it $2K.

how much would 450+ DVDs come out to? Add that in then.

... and I still need a few more items in the gear side of things. Mostly wires and an Oppo BR. then there is that 'headphone' system I'd like to investigate too.

...and the room? Add on another $10K there easily... so far.

Hey... this little adventure is getting expensive.

Crap! I bet BR discs are higher than DVDs too. Lovely.

OK. I'm sufficiently astonished.

Thanks for the reminder.

I enjoy the music with lots of different ways:
Home audio: including analogue rig and headphone setup $6k
Music and musical instruments:
Guitars, amps, pedals $2k
Records $20k
CD's $2k (always varies since they're being bought and sold on ebay)
Dowloads mostly free
Concert tickets $500 -- $1000 anually.
Jam sessions with band mostly without spending on the rehersal space, but still enjoying music.
Jam sessions with instructor near $1000 anually.

I hold my equipment dollars at $10K, I sell and buy with that ceiling, never to be exceeded. Music is over $100k and growing. Includes all types of digital media plus analog in lps, tapes (all kinds). Enjoy the music.