Where do you put your money?

As a percent of income is an interesting figure. If I average my income over the last ten years (relatively stable) then it is 100%. So the total cost of my system equals my average annual income.

I will tell you exactly where I put my money if you promise not to come and dig it up.

since the house has pretty much tripled it is “ free “….. the vinyl about double….some of the protection copy masters are…well you get the gist on appreciating assets…

the rest is just temporary

but for grins…Seattle system

Speakers 36%
Amps 28%
Pre 9%
DAC / Server 9%
TT / Phono 8%
Cables / Misc Vibe ctl, etc… 10%

or California , get with it…also free

Speakers 25%
amp 4% ( stole it and rebuilt )
NAS /DAC/Pre 11%
TT related 50%
cables / etc…. 10%

impossible task for the vintage gear……i rebuilt the ESL 63 from auction trash…..

You sure got lucky on the ESL 63's!

Glad to see most have kept a good sense of humor about this one.  Obviously a difficult subject to approach and evaluate. However it's obvious that there are as many ways to approach this hobby as there are people. Of course my numbers seem skewed, but it is natural since I built a listening house and not a listening room in a house. Hence the very high percentage in room construction and acoustic treatment. Other than that, I think my percentages being higher in music than equipment shows I may still be a little more music lover than audiophile. Even so I am often anal about my system as the door sign on my house of stereo describes. Anyway, thanks for partaking and have a great weekend.