Worth of current system

Great question! I am in the mood to reflect on my personal journey in Hi Fi Audio over the last 30 to 40 years since college. My kids are grown and have moved out. Concert tickets are crazy expensive. My home audio has evolved into two systems. The main system is in our ‘shared family room’ and my ‘backup system’ is in my Bonus Room / Man Cave upstairs so I can listen when my wife gets tried of the music. These two systems have been built over the last 20 plus years. Prices are what I actually paid.

System one:
Maggie 1.7i - $2,100 - bought new 3 years ago
Maggie DMW bass Panel - $800 - bought new 3 months ago
KrellKAV 400i - $2,900 - bought new 1 mo ago - push Bass Panel
Son of Ampzilla - $2,800 -bought new 1 mo ago pushing the 1.7s
Marantz 7006 - CD / DVD - $800 - bought new 4 years ago
Furman15i - Power Conditioner - $800 - bought new 4 years ago
LUMIN D1 - $2,000 - bought new 4 years ago
Wire and cable - Anticable - $400

System two:
Uses the LUMIN D1 noted above - N/C
Maggie1.6qr- $1,800 - bought new 12 years ago
Peter Gunn mod for Maggie 1.6 s- in progress - EST cost $3,200
Krell S550i - $2800 - bought used 4 years ago
Furman15i Power Conditioner - $600 - bought new 1 mo ago
wire and cable - Anticable - $600

Total Systems cost to date $22,400.

Not an expensive hobby spread over two plus decades. Keeps me out of the bars. And my cost for access to Tidal Hi Fi with MQA via the LUMIN D1 is $26 per month. Cannot wait for my Gunned Maggie’s to get home and compare the two systems. The Gunned Maggie’s are a retirement gift to myself! Life Is Good!

Happy listening!
Tom8999

Sorry for the typo - the Krell KAV 400i is 18 years old and going strong.

Tom 8999

I’m just over $10,000 other than speakers all used gear. Full blown retail around $20,000
My last set up was over 30 years old. 
Sold it all off the took the plunge. 
Best money I ever spent. 😎

Retail price of my system is over 100K. I paid about 45K and I have still room for improvement. Only inexpensive analog front end for now so when it is time to get serious about this you can add another 10 to 15K. As an enthusiast, you only know what you are missing until you hear it in another component or system. So the quest never ends.

oldschool1948156 posts06-04-2019 8:39pm

I'm retired on a fixed income, so that's it for me - except for a new DAC or integrated amp I'm saving for.

@olschool, you made me laugh.  This made me think of Steve Martin in The Jerk.  

Steve Martin:  
Well I'm gonna go then. And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this.[picks up an ashtray]

And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control.

The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need.

And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.[walking outside]

And I don't need one other thing, except my dog.[dog growls]  I don't need my dog.

To answer the OP, I tallied up somewhere between $16 and $18k at retail, and I probably spent around $12k to $14k over time, with savings from used or particularly good deals at various times.