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

Building a high dollar system  is about many things. The learning experience o truly believe  that many people who say they cannot hear the difference  between  items either have not tried  them or hear them at there worse as I truly good piece shows up the faults of an entry level item. When it comes together it becomes the feeling of beauty  heart and soul. As I get setup in my new house and keep getting better out of my room etc it is interesting  to have old friends over and bring them to tears listening.  You know you are on the right track when that happens. 

@z32kerber 

It is great that you love your system. That is what is really important. Looks like you have a great one. Could you post some more photographs… the photo you posted looks great… but it is hard to see the components and venue. Looks great from what is visible!

I have loved my system (over the last 50 years) when it was valued at $10K, $20K, $40K, $60K, and now around $150K. Each step was a joy to achieve. It was always incredibly gratifying. I think probably only 10 people have heard my system in the last twenty or thirty years. It is incredibly gratifying to me. Which has always been the only point.  

Like a lot of previous posters I have spent many years getting my system to where it is now. It is somewhere north of $100K but less than $200K. It does sound fabulous as it should but depending upon what you want to do it isn’t as simple as tapping a couple of buttons. So if I could do it all over again, l would make it intuitively easy to get it up and running.

I am glad that I do not operate at this price level. $100k would be either too much or too little for me, and I am talking only one analogue source. $100k is just $25k multiplied by four - one for source, one for electronics, one for speakers and one for cables. It will give you a great sound but not top sound.