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Fess Up How much have you spent on this Hobby??

Well, I've had the audio bug since I was a teenager and I witnessed first hand the emergence of high end audio as it was introduced in the market by manufacturers such as Audio Research, McIntosh, Crown, Revox and many others. I couldn't get enough of it and even went to Hope, Arkansas to meet Paul Klipsch in person. I (of course) had an analog rig for decades before getting into digital. I've changed out systems multiple times and have now incorporated HT into the mix as well. All told, I probably have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 150K or more at this point... and really have no regrets!! Hard to imagine life without the world's greatest music. A blessing of the highest order!
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jmcgrogan2
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If you are talking total money dedicated to the hobby, you are not only talking about money spent on hardware and software, but also room treatments/design, electrical upgrades, magazine subscriptions, trade shows attended, tweaks and everything else.

Having been in this hobby for almost 40 years now, I don't think I could even hazard a guess. I also don't think that I really want to know either.
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theo
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Not Nearly Enough!!
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dweller
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Have you factored in "opportunity costs"?
The money you COULD have made by investing Hi-Fi money into stocks, real estate, etc.?
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geoffkait
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You will go much farther if you try to think with your brain instead of your wallet, advice I should have listened to myself when it comes to Alfa Romeos, having had five of 'em in a row. Fuggeddaboudit!
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swampwalker
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Geoff: I feel your pain. As a poor graduate student several (ha!) decades ago, I let my gut override my brain and bought a Fiat 124 rag-top, from a guy who must have been clairvoyant. Started breaking down within a month. Or maybe not, that was probably "normal" for that car. F(ix)I(t)A(gain)T(ony) ;-)

As far as this hobby goes, I'm w Jmcgrogan. Not gonna add it up, don't want to, don't care. If you do, don't forget to deduct what you got selling your used gear.
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