Which cost more: your system or your car?

My pre amp costs the same as my new car.

My power amps cost the same as my new car.

My speakers cost more than my new car.

Guess my system costs more.

Another interesting question is: which one is worth more today on the used market? Both the housing bust and Audiogon have had interesting impacts on resale values with these two products. Neither has become something I want to dwell on too closely.

I have spent more on audio than my current cars but if I added up all the cars I've owned then I'd have spent more on cars. I spend less than an hour a day driving and manage at least three hours for audio so the audio gets more use.

In 1970 I purchased my first BMW which I still own and drive. I don't have any audio items from that period of time. Forty years of enjoyment is an excellent achievement. My oldest piece of audio in continuous use is a Sony cd player from 1989.

Well, I'm still driving around in my first car, a very reliable 1987 BMW 528 that I bought for $1800 almost 9 years ago. I paid more for that for almost every single component in my system.

I like that cartridge ;-)
As we have disposed of our car, the system comes in at full weight, but we might get a fantastic car for that.
But then again, I go for bows, and then we wouldn't get that far.