Fess Up How much have you spent on this Hobby??


Well, I've had the audio bug since I was a teenager and I witnessed first hand the emergence of high end audio as it was introduced in the market by manufacturers such as Audio Research, McIntosh, Crown, Revox and many others. I couldn't get enough of it and even went to Hope, Arkansas to meet Paul Klipsch in person. I (of course) had an analog rig for decades before getting into digital. I've changed out systems multiple times and have now incorporated HT into the mix as well. All told, I probably have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 150K or more at this point... and really have no regrets!! Hard to imagine life without the world's greatest music. A blessing of the highest order!
brauser
I probably should have clarified; out of the 150K (or so), a good part of that has been for source material. At this point, I'm pretty much set as far as equipment is concerned and will be investing in new digital source content options both for music/movies and especially high quality concerts in HD formats.
If you are talking total money dedicated to the hobby, you are not only talking about money spent on hardware and software, but also room treatments/design, electrical upgrades, magazine subscriptions, trade shows attended, tweaks and everything else.

Having been in this hobby for almost 40 years now, I don't think I could even hazard a guess. I also don't think that I really want to know either.
Have you factored in "opportunity costs"?
The money you COULD have made by investing Hi-Fi money into stocks, real estate, etc.?
You will go much farther if you try to think with your brain instead of your wallet, advice I should have listened to myself when it comes to Alfa Romeos, having had five of 'em in a row. Fuggeddaboudit!