I added up all my HT costs....doh!

Erik Tracy
Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
edited April 2010 in The Clubhouse
So, I had a free morning and decided to be 'smart' and do an updated inventory of all my HT/audio gear for insurance purposes...start a folder with all of my receipts, start a spreadsheet to list items, serial numbers, cost, sources, etc.

Dang.....not even including media - just equipment, stands, cables, etc - I didn't realize how much I've spent!!! Into 5 digits....I'm outta control! :eek:

H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited April 2010
    *** Ain't it FUN ..though ! ***
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited April 2010
    Does the significant other know?
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, I know how you feel. Going off the MSRP for my wife's DVD collection alone (insurance company said to go by MSRP), that's almost $15,000.

    Add in my HT and i'm sitting at close to $20k. Add in my computers and various other electronics and i'm inching towards $25k.

    And I'm only 26 with middle of the line gear!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited April 2010
    So, how many movies would you have to go to before spending that much? :)
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited April 2010
    The important number to look at is how much you've spent on equipment verses how much it's worth...
    Jake
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited April 2010
    maximillian wrote: »
    Does the significant other know?

    We have "his & her" accounts - the bills get paid and what I have left in my 'fun account' is up to me on how to spend -same for her.

    Domestic harmony reigns supreme at our house - all is well - but...is there no cure for the 'upgrade bug'??? :p

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited April 2010
    Hell, you can drink that much up in 20 years!

    Bill
    My 2012 HT Room - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416077/bsoko2-new-ht-june-2012
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    If I take into consideration the replacement cost, new, of my TT/tonearm/cartridge setup it would be into the 5 digits.:eek:
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited April 2010
    i dont even want to know
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2010
    Mine's THIS big.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited April 2010
    George Grand wrote: »
    Mine's THIS big.

    But...does it work?????



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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,189
    edited April 2010
    I try never to do this. Years ago I started adding up my system and started to feel some kind of way the amount of money I had invested , then add in software costs and it gets a but nutty.

    But I wouldn't have it any other way.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited April 2010
    Let's see..
    Carry the two....

    Egad!:eek:
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    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited April 2010
    What I would prefer to do is add up what all the audio stuff listed for retail and then I feel better knowing that I usally paid 10% to 25% of that amount it is very easy even with most items falling under the 5k range retail and a few more than that, to hit 50k or even 100k in retail value not including music and with music even if you only buy a cd a week at $15.00 it adds up quickly. I know people who have 5-10 thousand CD's literally entire rooms full, even they have lost count :eek:

    I bought in the last two months probally 20k retail value of audio items but paid almost exactly 1k for everything.



    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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  • mhmacw
    mhmacw Posts: 832
    edited April 2010
    i had a guy tell me one day if he had all the money he wasted in his life hed have a house boat on a lake and never work again. it got me thinking... if i had all the money if wasted id own the friggin lake!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited April 2010
    mhmacw wrote: »
    i had a guy tell me one day if he had all the money he wasted in his life hed have a house boat on a lake and never work again. it got me thinking... if i had all the money if wasted id own the friggin lake!


    I know many that wasted all their money on hookers and blow.:eek:


    Personally, I think I will stick with old cars and audio gear. At least I have something to enjoy afterwards.;)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited April 2010
    I thought I had about 70k worth (retail) when I started to downsize my collection.

    My alcoholic qwazy brother inlaw has pissed away many thousands drinking every night for 30 yrs. But everybody has there own kind of escape or comfort vise. I'm glad mine was woodworking and then this hobby.

    Man hearingimpaired, Fine turntable there!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    tony millard wrote: »
    I thought I had about 70k worth (retail) when I started to downsize my collection.

    My alcoholic qwazy brother inlaw has pissed away many thousands drinking every night for 30 yrs. But everybody has there own kind of escape or comfort vise. I'm glad mine was woodworking and then this hobby.

    Man hearingimpaired, Fine turntable there!

    Thanks Tony, it is my pride and joy!
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited April 2010
    My movie room cost 15k and I gota sink about another 8k to finish it
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited April 2010
    A buck 98... 2 channel and HT in one...............
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    A buck 98... 2 channel and HT in one...............

    :eek::eek::eek: Now that's what I call HIGH END!!!:D
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited April 2010
    yeah it scary how much I've already got and I've been into this for less than a year! I'm kinda scared of what will happen when I get a better job and its 20 years from now. ahhhh!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited April 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek: Now that's what I call HIGH END!!!:D

    I think it has 8track capability also...awsome!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2010
    ryanjoachim wrote: »
    Yeah, I know how you feel. Going off the MSRP for my wife's DVD collection alone (insurance company said to go by MSRP), that's almost $15,000.

    Add in my HT and i'm sitting at close to $20k. Add in my computers and various other electronics and i'm inching towards $25k.

    And I'm only 26 with middle of the line gear!

    That's impressive for a 'youngster'. I spent most of my money on 'books' at your age. I have a library second to none! Haven't the faintest what its worth. But everything, almost everything was bought used or on sale.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2010
    Mine should be about 50-60K retail. Then again it could be less, I'm scared to do the math.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    That's impressive for a 'youngster'. I spent most of my money on 'books' at your age. I have a library second to none! Haven't the faintest what its worth. But everything, almost everything was bought used or on sale.

    cnh

    Hahah, you reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where George was first meeting Susan's parents for the first time and had to explain that the "cabin" had burned down. George compliment's Susan's father's library and her drunk mother said, "if I had a dime for every book he's read, I'd be broke!"

    I know that's not you as you are a highly educated person but it just reminded me.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited April 2010
    For what I have in my sig. I am right around $5,600, and almost half of that was for my TV (since I got the TSi 500's for free, lol). Luckily I have a very understanding/supportive wife, lol.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    wutadumsn23 wrote: »
    For what I have in my sig. I am right around $5,600, and almost half of that was for my TV (since I got the TSi 500's for free, lol). Luckily I have a very understanding/supportive wife, lol.

    -Jeff

    Yes but . . . what would be the replacement cost? That's the kicker.
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