How much have you spent (percentages)
Dec 12, 2010 at 7:44 PM Post #46 of 61
Transducers - 19%
    2pr speakers, 3pr headphones
Sources - 21%
    2 cd players, 5 dacs(I have lots of computers and a diy habit)
Amps - 24% 
    2 speaker amps, 5 headphone amps (diy habit)
Cables - 3%
Music - 33%
    I have lots of albums, but find myself listening to the same 20 to 30 albums over and over.
 
Feb 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM Post #52 of 61
                              Actual                    Retail
                              Expenditures          Suggested prices
 
Headphones............28.6%                     24%
Head amp...............30.0%                     20%
Source....................27.1%                     48%
Cables/software.......14.3%                       8%
 
I truly appreciate good used gear.
 
I've spent 4 decades collecting music and don't want to think about what I've spent, and worse, what I no longer have.
 
Feb 17, 2011 at 11:45 AM Post #54 of 61
Headphones (all of them) 31%
 
Source (Laptop, which I would not have if it were not for the music and DAC) 33%
 
Amp (my main one) 26%
 
Cables (the cost of making my DIY ones, the rest came with the kit) 3%
 
Music (streamed so either for free or if you count a years membership of Spotify Premium) 6%
 
Feb 23, 2011 at 12:09 AM Post #56 of 61
setup i am listening to now, at retail, breaks down as follows:
 
19% -- source (XA500ES)
45% -- amp (HR Bal Home)
22% -- headphones (HD800 + Cardas)
14% -- cables (Nordost IC / Element Cable PC / Virtual Dynamic PC)
 
if i switch to my G08, then it looks this way.
 
38% -- source (G08)
34% -- amp (HR Bal Home)
16% -- headphones (HD800 + Cardas)
12% -- cables (Nordost IC / Audioquest PC / Virtual Dynamic PC)
 
Feb 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM Post #57 of 61
3 Headphones: 20%
2 Amps: 10%
1 Source: 6%
4 Cables: 39%
Music (CDs): 25%
 

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