How much does your system retail for?

15,700 is as far as I wanted to count before even thinking about the cables they are hooked up with. Modest compared to many. Seeing that total, more then I thought. Real problem is... I'm not done with it!

Retail of: drum roll please 3,250 with out interconnects or speaker wire giong through an upgrade process of it right now and dont have the totals yet. as of today and im getting a new cd player well used but new to me and it will bring the total up to 4,000. Wow thats scarry becasue im a college student. At least it only cost 1,700 including the new cd player w00t.

Way under 10K
Angela 300b monos $2000.00
Reference 3A MM DeCapo i $2000.00
Audio Experience Symphonies $225.00
Shengya CD-S10 Tube HDCD Player $449.00
Cable wire etc $400.00

Total $5074.00 :-)

Just as good as anything out here ( Thinks me :-o )

$450. That's right, well under $1,000. System consists of a Technics SP-10 Mk II turntable (traded for a Rega Planar 3/RB300 that cost me $200), with a borrowed Syntec arm and a NOS Signet TK7LCa cartridge ($50). Will soon install a NOS Sonus Formula IV arm (cost $150). Speakers are B&W DM2 ($6 for the pair), can't recall if they are the "Mk II" version or the "A" version. Amplifier is an Akai M8 reel to reel ($35). This is a single ended (EL84) integrated tube amp with phono stage. Also have a NOS ADC XLM cartridge. I bought two of these for $75, sold one for $90, so the one I kept is free. Third cartridge is an Ortofon OM-30. Neither the ADC or Ortofon are compatible with the Syntec arm; both should suit the Sonus arm.

$600 used.

Marantz 2270 receiver
Denon 370 Cd player - burr brown DAC
Celestion ditton speakers
Oneac power conditioner
DIY cables
DIY room treatments

I like the sound so much, that I can't find pieces to upgrade! I would goto a hifi shop and hear $30,000 systems, and I still like mine better.

I sometimes sleep infront of it - enjoying near field lestening.

I do have more expensive gears, but this set-up is enjoyable to me. If you are choosy, you can enjoy good sound for peanuts.