Audio Debt?

'debt or no debt' this hobby has been on the train to obsessive-compulsiville for the last two decades. for 90k any 'smart-nut' would run of to mexico for a year and return with 'stories' worth far more than any stereo. either way, your wife is mad.....

I'm not with the majority whom have posted here. I don't pay their bills;they don't pay mine. Nothing like .0 while you sell your piece and then payoff most of that debt. I do live for today and love quality components and their affect on the music.---Or as they say,'works-for-me'.

Waitaminute... You mean buying high end audio gear isn't a foolproof long term investment?

Damn.

the only thing i use my CC for in this hobby is to charge the purchase to get the reward points - the CC bill is always paid when due - never a balance! when a big purchase comes around, the wife is even happy to know that a $50-100 crate&barrel GC will be following shortly! ;)

Yet there have been posts on the various forums where people have taken out second mortgages for $100k speakers and so forth. Imagine explaining to your S.O. that you're losing the house over speakers! Given the cost of some of the more outrageuos gear, I would assume there have to be some 'philes willing to take on serious debt. Even if you are well into 6 figures anually salary-wise, somthing like the Alexandrias or the Caliburn would make a significant dent.