What is your most expensive piece of equipment?

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2006
    cmy330go wrote:
    That's funny. I had just finished scanning over that a few minutes ago.:)

    Isn't it amazing though how it is 20 years old and still one of the best and sought after pickups out there? The current price would knock your eyeballs out of your head.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2006
    well i have over 20k retail in stereo related items the most expensive is probally the lexicon MC-1 pre pro 6k retail. sda srs 1.tls would be next for speakers 3k or so retail. the best deal for the money was probally JBL-L112s and JBL- L-100 centurys for $65.00 and $75.00 respectively on the other end of the spectrum. REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Kahuna
    Kahuna Posts: 35
    edited December 2006
    Canton Ergo P speakers - $3,500.00 new in 1994 - $476.00 delivered (Ebay)
    Carver C-19 Hybred tube pre-amp - $1,850 new in 1995 - $329.00 delivered (Audio forum)
    Carver C-16 solid state pre-amp - ??? $ new in 199 - $320.00 delivered (Off the web)

    Now here's were it gets interesting!

    2 - Carver M-4.0T amps, 1 - Carver PM-120 amp, 1 - Carver TMF-15 amp, 1 - Carver CT-17 pre-amp/tuner, 1 - Carver AVR100 receiver, 1 - Arcam DV-88 DVD player, and A few additional miscellaneous pieces...

    A VERY wealthy friend of mine decided it was time to re-vamp his home theater system, and gave it all away to me!!!

    (I honestly offered to purchase some of this gear, but he only laughed...)
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited December 2006
    wingnut4772 wrote:
    My Anthem Pre is my single most expensive piece but between that and the speakers alone I have about 15k (inc. subs)

    I don't even want to begin adding the rest.


    A woman that spends $15k in home audio...i'm so turned on right now! I want you Wingy! ;)

    For me, it's the SDA SRS 2.3's at $1000. My Yammy receiver I picked up new several years back rings in at #2, but hopefully that #2 spot will be taken over in the near future by an SVS sub.

    John
    No excuses!
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  • dipiazza
    dipiazza Posts: 363
    edited December 2006
    Dealzzz

    Onix Strata Mini PR Finish MSRP $2400
    Onix SP3 Tube Integrated MSRP $1000

    Total Paid for both new --> $2400

    Yeeehaaawww!
    Terps Swimming!
    HT Setup
    TV: Vizio VX32L
    Reciever: Pioneer VSX-D914
    HD-DVD Player: Toshiba HD-A2
    Fronts: Polk R50s
    Surounds: Polk R30s
    Center: Polk R20's
    Subwoofer: SVS 20-39PCi

    2CH Setup
    Integrated: Onix SP3 Tube
    CD Player: Sony CDP-CX355
    Speakers: Onix Strata Mini in PR Finish
    Signal Cable: Classic Speaker, Analog 1 IC

    Headphones
    Grado SR 60, Bang & Olufsen A8, Shure e3

    Other Stuff in Use
    Onix xls, Dual Onix x-subs, Onix Ref .5, Dahlquist M903, Teac A-1D, Marantz 1060
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  • seo
    seo Posts: 305
    edited December 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    My music collection. All this other stuff pales by comparison.

    Same here. If you add up what I've spent over the years on LP's and then CD's, it dwarfs my largest single purchase on gear ( $900 for SDA-CRS in 1986)
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited December 2006
    That's probably true for most of us but it doesn't answer the question ...

    In that regard however, I have a friend who is a collector of primarily vinyl and while he has 7-10k CD's he also has 20k+ albums and close to 100k 45's ... As you could well imagine several rooms in house are floor to ceiling storage racks ...
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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