How do you determine how much to spend on speakers

It's funny to go back and look at my old post and now with all the changes I've been through with my system and what I viewed as important then and now, ha... I think my speakers are right up there in importance now with everything. Here is how my $$$ was spent on the new system and it is pure magic IMO.
Preamp-14.5%
Source-11%
amps-19%
speakers-19%
Racks-12.5%
Conditioners and power cords-14.5%
interconnects and speaker cables-9.5%

The above for me is all important. If I had to determine what goes last in the event of a down size, it would be very difficult. I would say the last things to change in my system would be the speaker and or racks. I would rather downsize my components if I had to and get the max out of it by placing it on my racks. That said the rack maybe would go before the speakers. That said I think its important not to leave anything undone and make sure you get stuff that works well together.

AT least $20k be a sport!!

Let your ears decide, I figure by the time it's all over I'll have at least 20K in electronics feeding my Thiel CS2.4's. They really are that good of a speaker! Or at least I think so

There is no formula, period. Figure out what works for you. It might be a brand new $200,000 horn speaker system with $1500 used integrated. On the other hand, you might find unbelievable results with $500 worth of used Spicas with a new Ongaku. Many world class musicians find their needs met by very modest gear and might not even know what brand of speakers they have.
Making pronouncements about what fraction of your available funds must be applied to the speaker purchase, reveals a naivete you should prefer to conceal.

I think it is incredible that a thread based upon such a foolish premise has survived this long. Such reflects badly on us as a group.

I should point out that I am not saying in my post above that the %%% I spent was a planned attack or a method of someone else putting something together. I did no planning when I did this system. I just bought what I wanted. I sat and figured the percentage on a calculator just for this thread. I am surprised though at how close every category is and to me it tells me that they are all important, because the cdp went in first with the old system and then the speakers, then each piece was upgraded one at a time so I did get to see the improvements in stages although it only lasted a couple of weeks in between some upgrades. The one thing I left out was room control which I have some of to and it is equally important. I could probably include that in the racks which would bump that up 3 or 4 % maybe. I think the most important thing is to talk to someone who knows how to match things well and then decide what to spend and would say spread out the money, don't put it all in one place.