How much gear do you own?

“How much gear do you own?”

A special audit would be required to answer that question……

I can't believe most you guys are such dumbasses wasting your money on so much stuff, I have a $60,000 system consisting of one preamp 1 amp one CD transport one up sampler and one deck and a pair of speakers and all my cables are OCC single Crystal and it sounds incredible. the last upgrade I'm going to make is Townshend podiums for the speakers.

I don’t have a lot of audio gear...I try to keep it simple. But I have another problem. I married late so I got into a lot of hobbies. But they don’t feel like hobbies...they’re a part of me but I can’t seem to reduce the herd.

Besides the audio systems there’s a small cymbal collection (I’m a drummer), a bunch of vintage bicycles and components (trying to sell my hoarding of nos Campagnolo components from different eras), golf clubs, Japanese Koi, 1968 Mustang fastback, mid century modern furniture and lighting. Im sure I've missed a thing or two...

I was a lonely guy for a while...they’ve kept me out of trouble.

There are worse things to waste your money on.

Austere: turntable, depop/declick gadget, cassette machine, CD player, stepped attenuator, amplifier, speakers (splurged, 2 pair), no tuner, no preamp, no streaming, assorted interconnect wires

'realize it's leaning hard toward a sickness'

Definitely, you really need help as I have heard that its a serious compulsive disorder.  Maybe a year of therapy would help, good thing is that you will be spending what spare cash you have on therapy and not acquiring more gear.   This condition can be quite financially debilitating, as well as the stress in hiding all your new acquisition from close family members, especially if you have a wife 😨

When you have found a solution and a good therapist please let me know .. maybe then I can be saved before its too late 🙄