Worth of current system

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.

MSRP of my system is $80,000.
What I paid for everything is $28,000.

could be the 2nd dumbest post I have seen here. #1 those that answer.

Robelvick added two important categories- what my wife thinks I spent and what I could sell it for, with the former making me smile.  All those cables, tweaks and power conditioners are pretty invisible.  my retail is around $22k, having spent about $17k.  

I also think a reasonable follow on (a question that I believe we all live with) is how much more would I have to spend to make a big jump?  Not just a little improvement, but a big one. I am pretty happy where I am with my sound, and I suspect to make a big jump would cost me at least another $10k, probably more.  At some point cost versus performance has to enter the discussion, no matter if your system is $5k, $25k or $100k.  Just thinking out loud; don’t want to side track the discussion.