When does the law diminishing returns kick in?

It's not about money, my friend. It's about time. And have you met my new girlfriend? Her name is Au..Aud..Audrey-ogon....

She looks so cute in black and yellow.

I'm in the camp of both Panderso and Muzikat. I have spent a lot of time and money to arrive at a moderately expensive system that is more enjoyable than my previously more expensive systems.

I think the investment of time will likely bring bigger returns than money.

For me, my system built specifically for my near-field setup at moderate volume has given me a return of enjoyment and some bucks in the "dippy" account!

Oh, current system is:

Quad 99 CD-P CD player with remote volume control
Channel Islands VMB-1 monoblocks or
Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 SET tube monoblocks
Reference 3A MM DeCapo monitors
good cables

Enjoy,

TIC

As everyone has said it really depends on you. For me it's about $2K used per component on average. But that's me. God I hope my girlfriend's not reading this!

Well I was hoping for philosophical answers and that's exactly what I got. As stated before, although my system is moderate by Audiogon standards it is musically satisfying to my ears. Think I'll keep it as it is for a while. Or maybe a new cd player....
Thanks for all the replys, enjoyable reading each and every one.

Tim...

Smart man! If you are happy, don't mess with it. I agree that you may get some bang for buck replacing your CD player, however, I wouldn't just jump on anything. Decide on units you are interested in trying and wait for one to come along at a fair price here on A-goN. If you end up feeling it doesn't provide enough value for the incremental price difference over your NAD (if you sell the NAD), resell it on A-goN. You can likely sell it for near (or exactly the same) what you paid for it, maybe only minus the shipping cost.

I've done this many times and have ended up trying lots of different stuff in my system, for not much outlay.

Enjoy,

TIC