What is the most decadent, most self indulgent--

Probably a toss up between $650.00 for a stylus gauge that measures in one hundredth's of a gram, and the Purist Dominus ($1565.00) power cord for the motor of my Walker turntable.

No wait!! It was the $980.00 for four original genuine NOS Genelex KT 77 tubes in factory packaging including hand written spec sheet. Purchased for the regulator positions in the power supplies of my Aesthetix gear.

You know what ? Also could have been the custom 6061 Tig welded and cryo treated stands for my turntable and phono stage. Sound Anchors spent weeks (and $7,000.00) meeting specifications. Told me on delivery "NEVER ask us to build another pair of stands like this again."

Or maybe it was the time I ........

Vinyl...LP's of all sorts, cost be damned. Multiple copies of "rare" LP's, I'm awash in vinyl. I love it, but truth be told I coulda bought the Porsche I lust with the money I spent on analog tunes. No regrets

I fell into the HT trap back in the late 90's. So, the Lexicon, etc, etc. I thought to myself "self, this will do good 2 channel and there's all these new HT 5.1 formats, not to mention DTS, it's gotta be good!". Ahem,.......
Not a year later I commenced to taking over the master bedroom here as a dedicated two channel room, Big $$$ in BAT 50SE, Levinson 33H's etc, etc, etc.

Now if you think that was self-indulgent..........
I recently bought a tube pre for the HT system........
Some new (to me) IRS Betas for mains, and on and on.

The show never ends!

Well people, I had kind of forgotten about HT-- a whole other story, eg I have every "backup component" I need for music in my admittedly "half-assed" HT system. I mean who actually "needs" a Muse M2 DAC in their HT system?-- not to mention, SF Line 1 pre-amp, McCormack DNA-0.5DX amp etc-- well, OK the amp and pre fit, but I very very seldom use this gear for music with our 46" TV, but it is all hooked up. So I suppose all this "extra" gear is pretty self indulgent.

Maybe you've noted re the "car thread" that my wife and I drive pretty modest vehicles.

Jeff; I was interested in hearing from you and Sean too 'cuz I know from your postings that both of you have a LOT of gear-- backups to backups, multiple redundancies etc. Here's to lust (make that zest, bliss, happiness etc.) Craig

My third Blue Note first pressing of Cannonball Adderly's "Something Else". Once you hear Miles' trumpet on "Autumn Leaves" all else is gaslight.