What's your profession? Age?

21, College student, and my system is about $1.8k retail, $1.4k purchased new on deals...

It is scary how much you guys spend on systems!!! :)

Well lets see I work for the airlines ground crew 30 years and still have good hearing 49 years old and 3 stereo systems in house 30k in one 13k in one and 4k in the bedroom.

Well Im 43 a Field Technician for the City of Chicago , I have spent some bucks since I came to Audiogon, 8k living room system ,2 k bedroom , lots of cd's too many there everywhere.

I'm 50 and unemployed. I used to have a $120,000 megabuck system and have since downsized to a small system that cost under $10,000 retail (I bought everything used) consisting of smaller floor-standing speakers, an integrated tube amp, a cd player and Purist cables. It's funny because I enjoy this small system more than my megabuck system.

I'm 49.have loved music all my life.I am a musician,having played the trumpet since 12 yrs.old.I make a modest living selling chemicals and servicing injection systems in hospital and nursing home laundries.Got bit by the audio-phile bug in 1978 working at a high end dealer while attending college.Got out of audio for about 15 yrs.Picked it up again recently and this time will never let it go,praying the whole time for my wife to be tolerant.