Spin-off of another thread. State your investment in hardware!

Here are the rules:

State your investment in hardware

Anonymous, if you must / want.

 

Total investment to what we use now? Even if we have several systems?

 

I am glad you did not ask for amount in 'software" (LP's, CD's etc)

 

Are you asking about home or work systems?

 

I find that it is very difficult to give a figure in these situations. Do I use the actual amount that I paid (which could be very little for items bought decades ago), or how much that old purchase price relates to in todays money, or the likely price today? Even if I can decide what purchase price to use do I convert it into yankee dollars at the rate prevailing at the time, or do I use a current rate?

 

I would use the amount actually paid at the time of purchase adjusted for inflation and converted to yankee dollars at the current exchange rate, but we'll have to see what Javier says.

 

Yep. Let's all just consider how much money we have invested in our systems. I know I was scared when I added the numbers...

 

That's not a bad idea at all, Peter. I think it's the only way to make a fair assesment of our investments...

 

Good grief! I think Ashton will take care of the options in this poll so as that you can vote, too

 

Nice distribution around the $5k-$10k point. The good thing about this forum is that folks appear to be voting honestly. Two new categories I notice.

 

Oi! The poll changed. My answer would be different now.

 

I noticed. Voting was easy before because my main system is over $20k. But even adding in my bedroom system, all the valves in my stash, my portable systems and all the analogue gear I have in storage in Oz doesn't quite push me into the next category (though it was embarassing to see the final figure!).

 

Same here. I'd go up one category, but not quite up to the top.

 

I think I voted correctly:
$0 for CAL ICON (friend was throwing it away)
$10 Magnaplaner MG1 (neighbor garage sale)
$0 Lafayette KT600 (uncle's)
$0 Fisher 90R tuner (uncle's)
$30 Teac 4010S ($20 for deck, $10? new belt)
$280 Dyanco Mark IIIs ($100 quad of 6550C, $100 Curcio driver boards and parts, $15 stock Mark III, $65 stock Mark III)
$0 cat5 speaker wire (scraps from work)
$30 RS interconnects (bought a bunch on sale (mismarked?) plus a couple of free ones)
$350 total

 

Let's see here...

$30 for Marantz 2220
$160 for Dual 503-1 turntable
$124 for Audio Technica 440 ML cart
$179 for Sony SCD-CE775 SACD player
$279 for Denon DRR-730 Cassette deck
$180 for Paradigm Atoms
$225 for Paradigm PDR 10 sub
$30 for 12 gauge speaker cable
Total outlay: $1207... Wow. More than I initially thought.

 

I'm familiar with that expression.

 

Ain't that the truth!

 

As of my latest system, virtually nill:

Klipsch Cornwalls..................................FREE
BEZ Model T3B 300B SET amp.................$550
BEZ Model Q4B 6SN7 SRPP linestage pre...$245
AMC CD8b 24/96 CD player....................FREE
Nakamichi DR-1 cassette deck................$540
Monster Power HTS 5000 line conditioner..$271
Kimber Kable 8TC speaker cables.............$275
Cardas QuadLink 5-C interconnects..........$175
Cardas CrossLink interconnects...............$85
SignalCable MagicPower AC power cords...$117
Shuguang 300BC output tubes (new).......FREE
Sylvania 5U4G rectifier (NOS 1951)..........FREE
Mullard GZ30 rectifier (NOS '50s).............$25
Delco (RCA) 6J7GT drivers (NOS '40s).......$22
RCA 6SN7GTB preamp tubes (NOS '50s)....$60
RCA OC3/OD3 regulator tubes (NOS '50s)..$11
....................................................+_____
......................................................$2376

If I added in all the prior systems, along with accessories, LPs, CDs, tapes, etc., since 1978?

Who can add that high? Maybe $35,000.

 

Well, at least it's reassuring to be in the most populated bin in a histogram......

 

Aren't there any +$100K systems in the house?