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

@tannoy56 I’ve probably cycled through a total of 200-300 components and speakers in total. Yes, much of the gear I did buy used and then resold, sometimes at a profit but at most times breaking even. Going this route, I was able to play with a wide spectrum of speaker and electronics designs, and many investments were usually fairly incremental since I sold my used gear for what I bought and put a little more on top (usually buying something else, then selling the gear I already had to recoup the funds). At one time I had three system setups around different speaker designs - three-way speakers with Legacy Aeris & Wilson Yvette, electrostats with Quad 2805, and high efficiency with Oris 200 horns. Each of those systems had very different electronics that I was constantly tweaking and upgrading, and those speakers were the final ones before I consolidated down to a single system with Borresen (e.g. I owned other electrostats and high-efficiency speakers, a number of 2- or 3-way designs, etc).

I’m also very lucky to have both family and friends that have gone through as much gear as I have, and we have been very generous to swap gear with one another. I empathize for many audiophiles that I have met over the years that do not have a local circle of audiophile friends (though they are largely influential in driving me to invest more). While it’s tough because many audiophiles are very elitist and closed-minded in what they think is “the best”, the best way to experience what audio truly has to offer is by being vulnerable and trusting with others.