What percentage do you spend on each component?

This happened completely by accident...no thought given upfront...

Turntable, Cart, Phono pre=22%
CD=6%
Preamp=12%
Amp=7%
Speakers=29%
Cables, PC's, Power Cond=25%

In the old days, most people thought you should put the most money in the speakers. Then came along the new audiophile who re-thought this proposition. Now, many advocate putting a large portion of your budget into the amplication or the front end. I personally don't think of percentages because with so much gear I get bogged down. I have a pair of mono tube amps, a tube line stage preamp, tube phono preamp, reel to reel, cassette deck(yes, I still use it), tuner, sub-woofer, turntable, etc. So just buy what you like and it will work itself out.
Jim

I should add, my decisions were definitely not planned. I bought what I liked and the ratios (posted earlier) played themselves out.
Dan

I did not pre-calculate a budget, but here is what I've got:

TT/arm/cart - 31%(DIY kit)
CD player - 13%
preamp - 15%(heavily DIY modded)
amp - 25%
speakers - 14%(DIY)
cables - 1% DIY)
room treatments - 1% (DIY)

Obviously, I am heavy into the front end, which reflects my philosophy on system design. The rest is pretty balanced. But, my speakers are DIY, which would definitely cost alot more if they were factory made. Same with the cables and room treatments. The TT is a Teres kit, which saved me a bundle compared to the performance level it provides. My total system cost is about $12k. It would have been much higher without DIY, and I am very happy with the results of my DIY performance at lower cost.I estimate that if I had to buy equivalent performing products that I did not DIY, the system cost would have been close to $24k(double).

Nobody, including me, has included the cost of their music in the budget. Interesting.

Jim is right. The old rule of thumb was 50% on your speakers and divide up the remaining half amongst everything else. Then the pendulum swung to the "source is everything" perspective. Now it seems to be swinging back a bit and perhaps will settle in the middle. That being said, it is the easiest thing in the world to demonstrate that speakers have more impact on the sound than any other component in the signal chain. That doesn't mean you need to spend huge amounts on your speakers, only that you should choose them with care.

will