Are you Guys Rich or What!?

Now that the moral ceiling on audio equipment expenditures has been established at 7500 I suggest all of us immoral types make amends by dumping our equipment on the used market so the morally and otherwise politically correct can snap up the Krell, Levinson, Wadia, Wisdom etc. gear at morally correct bargain prices.

I have just $2k in my system and love it. I am not a neophyte to audio, nor am I rich. I just know what I like and found a way to get it - within my price range. Now you may smile at that, but my system is a direct-in(no preamp), tube OTL, DIY single-driver speakers setup that would, no doubt, sound very pleasing indeed to most, if not all, of the $100k system owners on this thread. After 25 years in audio, I found out how to focus in on exactly the sound I wanted, and researched the gear that could get me there. It can be done, and done well. Enjoyed the thread. Good listening to one and all.

Twl,
Yes but your system only cost $2k because you spent all your money on wine,$2k-lol.

Oh Ben, how right you are about that! But, you know, if you read wine reviews, they sound alot like audio reviews. "The bouquet is palpable","The unctious collection of flavors dances on your pallet", etc. Perhaps the two hobbies are closer related than many believe. Cheers!

In my house, wine and audio are real close - my wine cabinet is just about three steps from my stereo!