For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system.

I absolutely could not have gotten better sound for the money. My current system began in 1972 with the purchase of a Marantz integrated amp and slowly step by step progressed to be better and better with better components. I spent thousands of hours of learning and changing requirements as I better understood sound and my values. Over the time I better appreciate finer details and nuances of music reproduction.

I think you could take my system to any of the elite high end stores in the country and it would be among the best. While a high end Wilson system would be more strongly holographic… a Magico system would have better details and slam… and… etc. So, some would prefer others. Mine is tremendously natural, musical, detailed, with a great soundstage width, depth, and imaging. Really listenable and refined.

Anyway, with fifty years of building… I can’t think of how you could more cost effectively build a system.

I spent over $125k on my current system so far, and I am spending more. Because I have never had more enjoyment and heard better sound quality until now. 

@ghdprentice I just looked at your virtual system photos and think that if I ever heard it, it would be the first time I would like Sonus Faber in someone’s setup as I typically do not like them. Knowing the sonic signatures of much of your equipment and the placement, I’m sure it sounds excellent.

Impossible to take the room out of my system. I designed the room, then chose the equipment to taylor to the room design. So I have no regrets. 

Regrets? Yes, and no:

Yes:I do regret spending what I spent. My system sounds slightly less good than it did in my old house. For those of you who don’t quite understand how profoundly a room contributes to the quality of sound...I don’t blame you. How can we know what we haven’t experienced? My old system, all in was $8k. My current system is 3x that but it comes very close...it’s about 85% of sound of my last room. There are things that are better: bass and resolution.

No: Because I’m still tweaking the layout of the room. It takes time. Also, the journey has been worthwhile. I have learned a lot...and that’s priceless.

Knowing what I know now, I'm confident I could have spent less and been content. Maybe.