What is your most expensive piece of equipment?

steveinaz

RESULTS:

Note: "Receiver" and "Integrated" was split-out 50/50 between amp/preamp. Hopefully nobody buys a receiver for its tuner.

mulveling

Haha, it's my CD player by a mile. Definitely a bit excessive for my current needs (laugh if you will ), but at least I'll never have to worry about incremental upgrades there. Some day I hope to bring the rest of the system will be up to par. Really I need better power amplification first, then speakers next (though for now I love the Polk LSi's).

My most $$$ gear by retail prices:
1. Meridian G08 CD Player $4400 :eek: (paid a lot less fortunately)
2. Polk LSi 15 $1800
3. Headroom Max headphone amp/2ch speaker preamp $1330
4. AKG K1000 headphones/earspeakers $1200 - At least I can get the most out of my G08 with these!
5. Polk LSi9 $1150

Gaara

Definitly my Earthquake Cinenova Grande 5, retail on it is $4499.

Jared

Spawndn72

Pioneer RT-707 $700 (1985) paid $100
Adcom GFA-545 $600 (1987) paid $200
Polk Monitor 7's $578 (1989) paid $150
Adcom GTP-400 $400 (1987) paid $90
Dual 704 $320 (1978) paid $120
Pioneer multi-format dvd $150 (2004) paid $150 can't remember model #
Cables $100 (2004) paid $100


I included the year they were made becasue $100 in 1978 was worth a whole lot more than $100 in 2005

unc2701

Bryston 9b sst: $4900 msrp
Bryston 4b sst: $3095 msrp

But i got 'em way cheap= $4900 for both... Kinda overkill for the rest of my gear, but a friend of a friend is a dealer and I'd never get a hookup like that again.

What I actually paid for my two channel gear is pretty equal- $300 CDP, $400 Dodd pre, $350 Adcom 555, $500 LSi 9's

2+2

Steve, are you crazy!;)
If I kept detailed accounting of how much things cost, it will make me leave the hobby really quickly....:D

jcaut

If I kept detailed accounting of how much things cost-- and my wife were to ever find it---, I would be leaving the hobby really quickly.... or maybe just leaving, period....:)

Skynut

My speakers , all of them together retail for 7997.65 I paid 3600.00
T.V. cost 3800.00 new with 5 year warr.
Cables 1500.00 I paid 500.00
Receiver 1200.00? I paid 800.00
Power conditioner 1200.00 I paid 750.00
DVD 800.00 I paid 500.00
Amp 380.00 I paid 225.00


All prices are approx. except the speakers whick came from the Polk website.

Damn I paid over $10,000 for over $17,000 worth of equipment and I am still not satisfied.
When do we get to the end of this ride?

Danny Tse

Cambridge Audio A500 stereo integrated amp MSRP $450.00 paid $250.00

Energy C-3 speakers MSRP $500.00/pair paid $300.00/pair

Sony DVP-NS775V DVD/SACD/CD player MSRP $149.00 paid $100.00

PS Audio Prelude speaker cables (2M) MSRP $300.00 paid $50.00

madmax

My most expensive piece is either my AI preamp or my pair of mono block VTL amplifiers. Both in the 3-4K retail range. The Pioneer plasma or Barco projectors each retailed for three times more but I'm assuming we are talking two channel here.
madmax

aaharvel

speakers for me.

adcom 7300 5ch. amp $225 (used)
adcom 5300 2ch. amp $175 (used)
h/k avr235 receiver $350
sony dvd/sacd changer $250
audio technica turntable $100
speakers- $950

polk rti 4 $200
polk csi 3 $150
polk f/x300i $400 (2 pair)
velodyne cht-10 $200

good thread topic.

PolkWannabie

By retail cost ?

Speakers - Polk SRT's & FX1000's - $11k - Paid - $3k
Amp(s) - Dual Sunfire CG Sigs - $4k * 2 - Paid - $4k
PreAmp - Sunfire TG IV - $3.6k - Paid $3k (Only component that was bought new)

Other stuff ... less

danger boy

all of my stuff is used.. so it's tough to place a price tag on it..

new is easier to figure out then used value i guess

CAL tube DAC new was $1,495 I paid $350 used
SDA SRS's new.. around $2500 - $3000. I paid - very little
the rest of my gear is El cheap-o amps, receivers, cables, etc.

Shizelbs

My speakers are the most expensive - SDA SRS 2

organ

Speakers for me.

nadams

My most expensive piece of equip would be my speakers, at $150 (used). Second place goes to my receiver, at $146 (new). Argueably you could name my source as the most expensive, which is my computer. I haven't tallied up all that I've spent on it, because I'm afraid I'd cry if I did.

Tide

My wife.

Skynut

Originally posted by Tide
My wife.

Allright that is thinking tooo inside the "BOX"
We all must agree. Women are the most high maintenance articles we deal with. (I almost said own, wouldn't that be a whole new discussion?)

mantis

Dynaudio Audience 82 ,2800.00

Followed by my Rotel RMB1095 amp , 2000.00

Dan

George Grand

An honest to goodness "Mine's bigger than yours" thread!

Well let me just whip this sucker out and plop it down on the table .................................

The speakers, they're priceless.

George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

Schris22

I'm still building my budget theater....so

r15's in a box from outpost/fry's for 50.


Chris

LuSh

Museatex Bitstream DAC $1500
Museatex CD-D Transport $1500

(both were fully moddifed by John Wright and can compete with the latest EMM Labs gear when redbook playback is of the importance)

SimAudio i-5080 Intergrated $1750

Polk Audio LSi 9's $1500 CDN

Moray James power cable $500
Harmonic Technology Prosilways mkII $400
Moray James Digital Interconnect $300
Kimber 8TC $300


I'll probably move to Reference 3A MM De Capos speakers down the road, and most likely a tube or hybrid intergrated amp. The digital will stay hence the reason I went with some of the best cables I could find.

wingnut4772

My Outlaw 770 Amp B stock ran me about $1700 but if you total all my speakers I guess I paid about $2400 to $2500.

MSALLA

So far, I have about 2900.00 total in the new system.(twins on the way, talking low budjet)

Yamaha RX-V650 499 paid 350.00
polk monitor40's 298.00 paid 165.00
polk monitor 30's 198.00 paid 198.00
polk cs-1 199.00 paid 125.00
polk psw 303 359.00 paid 359.00
Boston VR-30 1000.00 (8 years ago) paid 500 (8 years ago) On B channel used for music
samsung DVD 80.00 paid 50.00

Looking for a new DVD. might go with DVD-C750. Can get a deal for 239.00 (list is over 300.00)

wallstreet

The media room to hold all of the equipment.:rolleyes:

W WALDECKER

symphonic line vibrato cd player $5100+ odyssey extreme monoblocks $2795 paradigm reference studio 100v3$2300 odyssey tempest preamp $1200 assorted cables $800+

janmike

Speakers, never got the deals I did on the rest of the equipment.

BobMcG

I voted amp.

The SINGLE most expensive piece I own would be on my HT. AMP- Counterpoint Solid-2 @ $3,500. (Bought new)
(Powers my front RT3000p sats.)

OTHERWISE: Left and right channels on my MAIN 2-CH rig. AMPS- Hafler Diablo 9505s @ $4,400. ($2,200 each.) (Bought new)

The main 2-chan rig speaker cables cost more than one Hafler amp though and more than the 2.3s MSRP of $2,200pr come to think of it. AudioQuest 4' double bi-wire Dragons @ $2,500pr. (Bought 2.3s and Dragons used)

Edit to include: Ooops, almost forgot, the new Dodd Audio Mid Level Pre-Amp not yet in my possession RETAILS now for $2,800 will be going on the main 2-chan rig when it arrives and thus will take the top SINGLE piece on my MAIN HS.

Gaara

I thought we were talking about one piece of equipment here. If we are talking about groups it would still be amps, but now it would be $5850. $4500 for my cinenova, $850 for my halo a23, and $500 for my buttkicker BKA1000-4.

Jared

Early B.

Speakers. Retail they were $2000. I paid $700.

amulford

I don't keep track. WTF, it's only money and you ain't taking it with you.

I probably pissed away ten times more over the years on stuff I only thought I was enjoying at the time...:(