Worth of current system

I will play.

Total invested: $12k
Retail is about :$40k

Big items that were heavily discounted: Canton Reference 3 DC Speakers - Retail: 16K then 10K - bought brand new shipped for $3.4K
Meridian 800 DVD / CD retail around $20k bought used for $1.1k shipped.

Even $12k is a lot but I been able to purchase some reference level equipment for a very good price. 

I have about 10k out of pocket. That includes equipment that gets rotated in. Retail would be closer to 20k. My wife and I refer to our finished basement as "The Pit". I told her that should be the name of my audio room,as in "The Money Pit".

Retail value about 75K. 
 JA Michell Gyro Se table with HR power supply, Orbe clamp Moerch DP6 arm Benz Ruby Z cart
 
 Ayon CD 2S

 EAR 868 pre-amp.

 Synergistic Research Powercell 12

 Dali Euphonia MS 4 speakers

 JL Audio E110 sub

 Aural Symphonics , Cardas, and Analysis Plus cables

Oops...forgot to add....
 Analog Domain Isis amp

More than I should have, but not as much as I would like.