How much have you invested in your audio set up? Show photos.

G7Trader

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I have invested around $200 on My Bang & Olufsen Beovox S75 speakers and $50 on my Rotel RX602 amplifier and less than $10 on my bluetooth adapter to stream online music from my phone.

I am interested to know what other audiophiles have invested in their systems.

If you are close by a photo would be much appreciated.
 
My setups vary over time, but I definitely troll the lower end, price-wise.:)

My most expensive buy was $120 for a Pioneer SX-950, into which I put another $80 in parts.
My least expensive working receiver cost me $15.

Looking around at speakers sitting around the place, cost per pair, I see $3 - $60, with sub-$20 ruling the day.
Add a few bucks each for surrounds on the ones that needed them.

CD players and cassette decks tend to be around $5 - $15.
My one turntable cost $10 w/ cartridge.

Not counting things sitting idle, active setups only (not necessarily best possible):
Living room: Pioneer SX-950, Grafyx SP-8, Nakamichi CD3, Sony TC540: $200+10+6+18 = $234
Bedroom#1: Sansui 771, JBL J50, Memorex DVD player: $70+3+4 = $77, with $50 being parts to refurbish the 771.
Bedroom #2: Realistic STA-90, B&W DM303, Pioneer PL-7: $45+12+10 = $67, again with $40 being parts to refurbish the STA-90.
Bedroom #3: Pioneer SX-1000TW, Cerwin Vega D2, Pioneer cassette deck and CD: $75+ $20+$5+15 = $115, once again $40 in parts for the SX-1000TW.

The best-value full system that I could assemble from a few fully functional pieces would be:
Sherwood S7100-A, Warfedale W60E, Nakamichi CD3: $15+$7+10 = $32.
 
I've got systems all over the house. So much wheeling and dealing to get where I am, plus additional parts costs, etc.
The math is best left undiscovered. God forbid the wife should read this thread.

That said, a good system can be put together with very little money.
 
Yamaha RX-V373 Somewhere in the neighborhood of $300
Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray $150
Fisher CR-W780 dual tape deck. I don't remember. Probably just shy of $200 a long freaking time ago..
JVC VCR $10 at Goodwill because my old one broke. Still haven't used it.
Technics SL-BD10 turntable with Pickering cartridge. $99 when they were clearancing them out in the late 80's or early 90's.
Front speakers: RS 14377 Super tweeter, 40-1282 midrange, 40-1011 6.5" woofer, oak veneer plywood, 40-1299 3 way universal crossover, misc parts, Around $100
Rear speakers 40-1398 Tweeter, 40-1011 6.5" woofer, 40-1296 2 way universal crossover, plywood, misc parts. Around $75 I think.
Center channel Infinity Video-1 $7 plus $20 for the refoam kit.
Onkyo SKW-750 subwoofer. $23.
Samsung 55" TV $400
Aico entertainment center to put it all in, $3500.

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Not going to count vinyl as I hate to think how many $10,000 I have in that. My system is hardly budget but not crazy either. My speakers were by far my most extravagant purchase.

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I think I actually did a tally for insurance purposes.Here goes
Speakers---Polk Audio '87 2Bs-price bought $50--modded to the hilt easily $600
DCM TF 350S c/l/ $140
Bose 601s --$20 (rehabbed long gone)
ADC 303ax--C/L $30( gone)
Rectilinear Low Boy IIIs C/L $60
EPI 100V $20
EPI m-110s--$12.99 Thrift store
EPI m-201s---gift/ free--- just traded for Ohm model L
Adcom gfa 555 $300 Audio Classics
NAD 1020a--$80 -Audio Classics
Samson plug strip --$30
JVC A-200 TT- c/l $50 w/ Grado black cart.
Various speaker cables and I/Cs ??
Nikko 6065 reciever C/L $30
Other assorted goodies like cdp--blu/ray and headphone--Koss 727pros---Pioneer 350s

Lew
 
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