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What of your gross annual income is your system?

It's the old case of my eyes & ears wanting more than the wallet will permit. . . I realize that to the degree that music is important in your life will influence your spending on system components, tweaks and music. What % of your annual gross income would you say your system is worth? Moreover, how have you allocated your system investment (as a %) to amp, pre-amp, speakers, wires, source etc.? THanks for your input.

Kevinzoe
kevinzoe
subaruguru
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Great thread! Hope it runs a LONG time.
Thanks.
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dennis_the_menace
467 posts
 
Retail = 70%
What I paid (combination used and retail) = 36%

.... yikes!
aroc
760 posts
 
Retail = 44%

But retail prices aren't really fair. If you just figure the ESL's, tubes, and my cd front end. In used dollars I paid 18%. Retail would be 41%. Any DIY stuff is added at parts cost, just to be fair.

Add the tuner, tape deck, more interconnects. Used I paid 20%. Retail would be 44%. That's the whole system.

HT gear (by itself) adds up to new and used 8%. Retail 10%.

amp 26%, pre-amp 13%, speakers 19%, wires 16%, source 10%. the remainder is the rack and power conditioning.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
About 5% ... yikes what a scrooge ! Add in my vinyl and CDs and it's about 10%. Never mind the low cost I still love it, and I love even more that it's completely paid for and debt-free.
dennislowe
24 posts
 
What's annual income? I think I used to have something like that before I got into this crazy hobby, but I don't remember now.
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