How much does your system retail for?

Those are Frank Van Alstine's words. So it's not me you have to ignore. Truth is most high end audio is a racket.

"What are we to do when the truth hurts? There's always denial, but truth in its essence is undeniable. To those who do not love truth, it's undeniability is like a scorching fire. In Proverbs 12:19 King Solomon not only encourages truthfulness; he ties it to long life."

Psychic, what the hell are you talking about man? Value is relative, period. And weren't you the guy who was singing the praises of that chinchy, junky ass $50 power chord because it provided superior performance, but at a reasonable price? Quit foolin around with the good book, the only truth you've espoused is that you don't like being forced to shell out the big bucks for really high end performance. That of course is a a perfectly valid perspective, but better to start another thread to hold that discussion instead of hijacking this one, right?

what kind of jobs do you people have,i have a acurus a150 @$850,a amc cd8b@$400,a ps audio 4.5 @$650,vandersteen model 1 @$1200 and tannoy proto j's @aprox. $279

$20,400 for my audio only system which makes me dizzy but happy. ( Is that delirious? ) And my wife approves! Under $1000 for the HT but I moved my NHT 2.9's over to the HT after I bought the Dynaudios so it increased by osmosis.

Oops, we worked it out this weekend and came to the embarassing result of topping Albert's system by about $65000. It has also been a work in progress since about 35 years! We also managed to make some excellent deals, so the actual cost is less.