How much did your system cost ?

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Re: How much did your system cost ?

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I think I got off lightly being cured of the bug for thirty years after hearing the LP12 and not being taken in by the flat earth :Bllocks: :grin: . As has been said it is all about the music and for many years this modest system provided me with a lot of enjoyment:
Rega Planar 3, which I still have
NAD 3020
Heybrooks HB 1s
Denon cassette deck
Yamaha CD player
Sony Walkman

Total cost, around £800.
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NVA BMU, P90SA/A80s (latest spec), Cube 1s, TIS, TISC(LS7)
Sonore OpticalRendu, Chord Mscaler & Qutest, Sbooster PSs
Network Acoustics Eno, ifi iPurifier3, AQ JB FMJ, Cisco 2940 & 2960
DH Labs ethernet, BNC & USB cables, Farnells cat 8 ethernet cable

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NVA P20/ A20, Cubettes, LS3, SSP, SC
Sonore MicroRendu, Chord Mojo 2 MCRU PSs, AQ Carbon USB cable & JB FMJ

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Grado SR325e/Chord Mojo, Beyerdynamic Avetho/AQ DF Colbat

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TheMadMick wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:42 am Let's face it folks, it's not how much it costs that counts but how much you enjoy it.

I've used a Denon DM38 with a pair of Mission 70's wired with DNM speaker cable and it was really enjoyable.
I still have an old pair of Mission 70s. They are lots of fun. And great candidates for Doc Mods as they are not ported and come apart in two halves.
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Just tallied it up because i started thinking about it.

Pass b1 £50
Pass f5 £300
Speakers £300 ish
Delta 170.3 cd transport £220
Topping dac £100
Jvc ql-y5f £120
Jbe series 3 £250
Benedict audio hothead £300
At33sa £360
Vm760slc £250
Air bearing arm and pump £450
Sony tc377 reel to reel £300 after fixing it
Switch box £50 in parts
Cables about £100 although i did make most of them myself
Total for that system is about £3150

My upstairs headphone system is a little cheaper,
Nva a20 and p20 £150
Audio technica electret cans £90
Cd371 £50
So that one is £290

Im not counting all the other bits im not using. there are another 6 tts, a couple of pa amps, a marantz reciever and tape deck, a load of drivers, a few arms and carts, some mission speakers, a couple of cd players and my broken cole lcr phono stage.
Theres probably another two grand plus at least in there at current used prices.

I reckon theres somewhere in the region of 6 grands worth of stuff in the house which is quite frankly obscene, i shudder to think what the cost would have been if id bought i new, theres over 2 grand in carts alone at new prices.

Good god........
Analogue: oracle delphi sme 309, jbe series 3 cx unipivot dv20x2l, roksan xerxes tabriz vm750, jvc ql-y5f rigb at440, jvc ql-y3f vm750, lenco 75, technics sl150

Phono stages: cole lcr, benedict audio hothead

Digital: cyrus cd7, wiim mini x2, topping e30, jds labs el dac 2+

Amplification: nelson pass b1, nelson pass f5

Speakers: 15" fane aperiodic wardrobes

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Vinyl-ant wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:36 pm Just tallied it up because i started thinking about it.

Pass b1 £50
Pass f5 £300
Speakers £300 ish
Delta 170.3 cd transport £220
Topping dac £100
Jvc ql-y5f £120
Jbe series 3 £250
Benedict audio hothead £300
At33sa £360
Vm760slc £250
Air bearing arm and pump £450
Sony tc377 reel to reel £300 after fixing it
Switch box £50 in parts
Cables about £100 although i did make most of them myself
Total for that system is about £3150

My upstairs headphone system is a little cheaper,
Nva a20 and p20 £150
Audio technica electret cans £90
Cd371 £50
So that one is £290

Im not counting all the other bits im not using. there are another 6 tts, a couple of pa amps, a marantz reciever and tape deck, a load of drivers, a few arms and carts, some mission speakers, a couple of cd players and my broken cole lcr phono stage.
Theres probably another two grand plus at least in there at current used prices.

I reckon theres somewhere in the region of 6 grands worth of stuff in the house which is quite frankly obscene, i shudder to think what the cost would have been if id bought i new, theres over 2 grand in carts alone at new prices.

Good god........
Don't worry Ant, some spend more than £6K on one item :shock: £3150 for your main system doesn't sound over the top to me.

I forgot to add the cables to my list. Two pairs of 1M TIS and a single digital TIS. Two sets of LS6. Can't remember how much they were :think: My forever cables .
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Re: How much did your system cost ?

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My system is in my sig. The "big bits" were bought new in 2011 if I'm remembering correctly. I know the DAC was £299, and the speakers would have been around the £425-£450 mark. The CD player was also £299, and I think the TT was £325-ish.

The DAB tuner was used and cost me around £60 or £70 I think.

The Gram Amp and headphone amp were also sourced used, along with the Grados, and I don't remember what they cost me.

The AT ATH-M50s were £75.00

I don't remember how much the NVA amps and cables came to in 2011.

So, not a clue really. :grin:
Amps - NVA P50, AP30, A40, Stanislav Palo Tube Headphone Amp BB 85
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X

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Re: How much did your system cost ?

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My hifi cost considerably less as I built it myself.

There isn't anything I swap it for if I had limitless funds. Although I'd buy a few arms and cartridges to prove there isn't much between models.

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