How much does your system retail for?

Time to update my system retail. Now it totals close to $300000. My house cost $321000 new when I bought in 1990!
But don't tell to my wife ;-)
May be I sould sell some gear.

60,000 AND CLIMBING.

I cant answer the question.My wife peruses the forum's

hmmmm... retail? Who pays retail? That's sacreligious, isn't it?

In any event, had retail been paid entirely, it works out to about $21K per channel... roughly. I get better mileage with the HT system as it borrows two speakers and the sub from the 2 ch system... wouldn't be fair to count 'em twice, huh? So around $1K+ per ch. X 4.1, including a 120 in. DIY screen for about $200-$300.

That's weird... I just spent $5K for a sub, 2 speakers, a power cord, a Wally world rack, DVD player and a new receiver. Still need to build the xcreen and add speaker wires & stands for the rears! Sheeesh. I'm certifiable. Just need the card.

I guess their right... the dollar doesn't go as far as it used to!

Perhaps I should have done home entertainement the Jenny Craig way.

$10,000 since I began this spiral descent...2 months ago. I needed a new cd rack...that turned into a sony 400 disc changer (now I have no need for a rack, I thought, which was true)...and the changer needed a better amp ( a rotel integrated, which had to be changed to a poweramp with pre in one week because, see, the dealer has this 60 day 100% purchase value upgrade toward any component of greater value...what a nice guy he is, this dealer)...and then the amp told me it wanted to power a pair of B&W 805's ( but only if they were on B&W stands, you know, the cool looking ones made SPECIFICALLY for the 805's, you know, the overpriced ones )...and blahblahblah.

I feel as if I'm in the suck of a black hole. How come everything I buy makes everything sound better and -simulataneously - worse? Why don't I just blow the big one and get to the last page? Why waste the time reading all the filler? I know how this is going to end. (But man, have you heard Zeppelin on 200 gram vinyl? I mean: really, is it worth every penny or is it worth every penny?)