What is your hifi system worth ? (retail price, and NOT what you paid for)

[Luvin Da Blues]

Impressive list O'Shag. I assume that you are only using some of that gear on your list at one time or do you have that many systems hooked up?

BTW, total for all of your gear listed = $167,675 nice.

[O'Shag]

$167k??? wow, By the way, I'm a little short today, can you lend me 5 dollars?

Don't use all at once. swich things out to get different sound. Don't use the MFA all the time as it utilizes tubes in its operation. Ditto much of the other stuff. Got other systems setup in the bedrooms.

[Mr Peabody]

We might need a recount, I think he added a zero on the end of that Yamaha receiver

Nice collection though. I'd like to hear the KEF, no one around this area carry them.

[filecat13]

Curious that you put the $17k projector in the garage!

rw

Yeah, that's a bit of a shame. I have a $13,995 Seleco SVD 500 HD that I used for a few years, but it only did 1080i, so I got the 800 HD that did 1080p less than a year ago. The thing about CRTs of course is that they're huge, weigh a ton, produce lots of heat, and they have four or five cooling fans. The picture is gorgeous, but the fixed length lenses and other primitive characteristics begged for a small, quiet, lightweight solution. The $2,295 Mitsu HC4900 has a picture every bit as good, with even more glorious color and total silence at the loss of a bit of black. I could live with it, and my GF was ecstatic to get the three-eyed beast out of the house.

Nobody wants to buy a big, heavy CRT projector, so it (and the SVD 500) went to the garage, where I sometimes crank them up when I'm on the elliptical or treadmill. The picture is still amazing.

[O'Shag]

[QUOTE=Mr Peabody]We might need a recount, I think he added a zero on the end of that Yamaha receiver

Well, if it was a Levinson No.40 media processor I'd have to add a zero, and that wouldn't even include the amps

Making this list has given me pause for thought.. I need to trim down the system a little..

[OzzieAudiophile]

Mr Peabody, how are the Dynaudio t2.5, t2.1 s treating you ?

Happy with the imaging ?

As to the rest of you guys ? Nice impressive lists, nice to know you're not
so fussy lol.

O'Shag, I could only dream that my area in Australia could stock 1/10th of the
range of brands that you have

[Mr Peabody]

O'Shag I can take a hint, I'll be glad to accept your donations. Why don't you trim off a set of those monoblocks, heck, your choice.

[filecat13]

Wow, what a way to resurrect a thread: SPAM it back to life.

BTW, those CRTs are still in my garage, waiting for someone to give them a good home.

[JohnMichael]

Interesting to read my old post. I still have the Rega ttable and the Sony cd recorder/changer. I still have the Marantz cd player but it is in storage being replaced by the Marantz SA8001. The Ascends also in storage were replaced by the OML1's which were replaced by the MA RS6's and then the MA's went to storage and the OML1's are back on the stands again. The Cambridge Audio 640A was replaced by the Onkyo A-9555 which is in storage replaced by the Krell S-300i. The Cambridge 640p and the Rotel 970 phono preamps are in storage and the Gram Amp 3 with improved power supply is my current favorite with my low output moving coil carts. I am currently enjoying the AT F7 phono cartridge bit also own a Grado Red, Ortofon OM 20 and the Benz MC Gold.

Interestingly I had to list my system and include replacement costs for my insurance agent. My main system totaled a little over $5,100. I do have $1,640 dollars in components that have been upgraded. What was surprising is most of the expense was in my turntable and modifications.

Rega Planar 2 $495.
Benz MC Gold cartridge $350.
RingMat record mat $ 90.
Incognito tonearm rewire $295.
Deep Groove subplatter $179.
Michell Technoweight $179.

Total $1,588

The table has replacement feet that were a gift but I do need to assign a value. They are great and I would not want to be without them.

The rest of my system is in my signature. The unused components due to upgrades are a Cambridge Audio 640A, Marantz CD5001, Ascend CBM 170SE, NHT SuperOne's, Sony cd changer recorder, Rotel RQ970 BX phono preamp.

Future upgrades will be the Exposure 2010S integrated amp and either the Musical Fidelity XLPS v8 or Simaudio Moon LP3 phono preamps.

[Hyfi]

Never posted in this one....

Counterpoint NPS400 - $4500
Vac CLA1 MKII - $6500
Clearfield Continental Speakers - $4500
Dynaudio Audience 82s - $2700
Rotel 1071 CDP - $799
OPPO 93 - $500
Integra 30.3 - $699
Mirage OM12 sub - $450
Infinity Beta Center - $200 (?)
Dynaudio Audience 42s - $799
Odyssey Stratos - $1200
Synergistic Speaker Cables - $1400
2 sets Synergistic ICs - $900
Various other Tara Labs ICs - $1000
Rotel 1050 Receiver - $800
JM Labs Tantal 509s - $800
____________________________
$25750

Lots of other gear not even listed but all above in the rack and working in one configuration or another.

[ken88]

Florian, your amazing system is fit for President Obama and Queen Elizabeth !!!!! I bet you the current system at the White House and Buckingham Palace don't even come close to what you have in your own mansion. Your total costs of $345K cost more than the average price of a house in U.S. and Canada!!!!!!!! BTW, your house must be worth a few times more than what the equipment costs!!!!!!

[ken88]

My current system includes the following:

Main floor:
-Anthem receiver MRX 700: $2,200
-Totem Sttaf used as main front: $1,895
-Totem Mite T Centre: $650
-Totem Mite rear surround: $825
-Mirage sub: $350
-Onkyo Blu-Ray: $400
-Sony VE5: $1,000
-PVR:$400
-various monster cables, etc: $300

Basement:
-Yamaha receiver: $400
-Sony XBR: $4,400
-Mirage front speakers: $750
-Boston Acoustic Centre: $250
-Polk rear surround:$200
-PVR: $400

The total costs come up to $14,420, excluding many used equipment when upgrading to current systems.

This is , for sure, an expensive hobby!!!!!! It becomes worse when you feel the urge to upgrade !!!!!!!!

[thepogue]

ML # 27 - 2,700
Musical Fidelity 308cr 2,400
ML Prodigy's 11,000
Rega Planet 1,000
CJ Premier 9 DAC 3,000
LP-12 3,000
Straightwire Cabling 2,000

25k ish

[bfalls]

Emotiva UMC1 700.00
Emotiva XPA-5 800.00
Oppo BDP-93 514.00
Yamaha M-65 500.00
Legacy Focus 6500.00
Silver Screen 1495.00
T&A P-30 2100.00
Klipsch RS3 500.00
Sony KDL-52XBR5 5000.00
Monster 3500MKII 400.00
PS3 600.00
Audioquest cables 600.00
BelloLCD/audio stand400.00
Power Cords 150.00
20259.00

[dingus]

i'm in at just under $10k (prices approximate; esp. the wire)

AR MGC-1 ...............$3600
M&K V-1b .................$900
Pioneer VSX-47TX ....$3000
Oppo BDP 83.............$600
Squeezebox ..............$300
Vortexbox Appliance ..$350
Panamax Max 5300 ...$400
various wire ...............$350
...............................$9500

[Poultrygeist]

Price is not indicative of sound quality. Less expensive DIY options can compete with and exceed the highest priced gear.

[thekid]

Hmmmm 3 yr-old thread- Anyone calculated for the depreciation or appreciation of their gear since then???

Can't really calculate what my main system is worth. It depends too much on what the local Salvation Army is charging for it these days........

[pixelthis]

Hmmmm 3 yr-old thread- Anyone calculated for the depreciation or appreciation of their gear since then???

Can't really calculate what my main system is worth. It depends too much on what the local Salvation Army is charging for it these days........

depreciation is not important, nor price.
APPRECIATION is all, if you appreciate it you have done
well my lad.

[Mash]

Maybe this deserves a redo with the professions & approximate incomes of the systems' owners also included. Some people may have professional systems because they make their living in the audiophile equipment business. Others may simply prefer to enjoy life while they may. Some may simply be very cautious with a buck. Today's economy would seem to prove that the latter have the right idea.

My daughter was negotiating a buy-sell with another doctor some years ago where she would be the junior doctor for 3 years and then the other doctor would [supposedly] retire after that 3 years at 65. Somehow she learned that that doctor, who really lived the big life, had only saved $500,000 toward his pending retirement. She broke off the negoiations and opened her own offices because she figured she would be the junior doctor in that practice for a long time. She & her banker husband still live in a modest mortgage-free house.

I have about $20,000 spread over 4 systems with about $10,000 of that in one main system, and I feel guilty about that.

I am also retired but we are better off than most. This economy has led to cutbacks in non-essential spending, like on the State Police & Sheriff's department, so I just hope I have enough guns & ammo...... the situation seems to be worsening for the working classes and now the middle class, and not counting our constipated Congress there are still a lot of people who do not think very far ahead. So... let's put some music on....

[TK88]

Hello fellow audio-phreaks.

My other poll gave you the opportunity to express your passion to what kind(s) of
hifi systems you have set up in your home. Sorry I published ppl's choices, I will NOT do
that for this poll. You will be able to see the number result only, not who voted.

This one concentrates on how much pain, passion, dollars, you have paid in order to
take you to that journey you need to make. This is the TOTAL cost (retail price), of ALL
of the hifi systems in your home, as many as you actually have at home. Vote on what
your system(s) are worth shop retail price, NOT what you paid for.

Make sure you also add up all of your speaker cables, interconnects, speaker end plugs,
power surge protectors, UPSs, current regulator systems, sound dampeners, hifi/component
cabinets, LCD/Plasma, TVs, VCRs, BluRay players, HD boxes, DVR's, PVR's, surround
speakers, Subwoofers.

DO NOT add the value of your CD/DVD disc collections. I'm not interested in music media in
this poll.

Any set up over 5K, I'd be interested to know what it is, if it's in your profile, let me know,
to save space

This is NOT a contest, it's not a 'most expensive' wins. I'm purely curious as what it took
to make your listening experiences as pleasurable as possible.

My theory is you cannot put a number/price on audio happiness. However we do tend
to live in life, the same way as we journey through our audio listening experienced lives.
We upgrade once in a while, some more often than others. Technology demands some of
us to upgrade more often than we would of 10 years ago.

I'm willing to take a guess that the majority of folks would have a system worth about
5K. I would be interested to find how if that ends up being the case, or am I so totally
wrong ?

Any systems 10K or more, msg me personally. I want to understand which components
are your most expensive ones, why you made those choices, what would you also say
is the weakness in your system (if you have found any).

NOTE : If you found this poll a most useful "getting to know our other hifi breatherin"
excercise, your positive feedback is welcome.


Thankyou again.

Well..I have prity cheap tube electronic from China but sounds great...with german boxes Magnat Sigma 1000 ....30 years old but the sound is terrific

[Xytech]

Er... 800? I feel so insignificant!

[eisforelectronic]

Emotiva UMC-1 $699
Emotiva XPA-3 $699
Peachtree Audio INova $1799
BAT VK-D5se $4000
Audio Physic Tempo 6's $6000
Sony PS3 $600