HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER?

People spend a lot of money on booze, vacations, etc and don't think twice about it. 

I bought my first pair of Von Schweikert speakers in 1997 from money I saved by giving up alcohol for 10 years (it was necessary). 

People spend $50k on vehicles every day.  No big deal.  Why is buying a nice audio system viewed differently? You could buy a used vehicle for cheap and it would get you where need to go. 

"People spend $50k on vehicles every day. No big deal."

yes, exactly, that makes no sense either. But the price of eggs....?

Nobody cares about what other people think they should spend or not. 

I disagree...you should spend as much as possible, or when in this forum you should at least exaggerate the cost so people respect you. I'm currently hiring groups of musicians to come over and play for me at least 8 hour a day, or using  my 600 lb horn speakers with a $350k turntable and a 2 watt amp. And mapman is right...nobody cares.

If you are well off, you would set up a few different rigs for different flavors.

But, spending more than 50k, 100k on a single modern 2025 rig is quite meaningless, if you are looking at the sonics and diminishing returns aspects of things. You never went up the sonic ladder as spent your way into a million or whatever.

Very recently, i saw a couple of dudes pick a 27 dollar cable for sonics over a 100k cable on a blind test, go figure....

People spend $50k on vehicles every day. No big deal. Why is buying a nice audio system viewed differently? You could buy a used vehicle for cheap and it would get you where need to go.