What is the current retail cost of your reference system?

Approximately $1,500. 
 

and I will always say that 

I would say that it depends on were you live . Got my chord music speaker cable this week and did not pay anything close to what the US retail is , since I don't live in the US . On the other hand ARC gear is almost twice the money and that goes for the most made in USA stuff. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About $217K for my system.

Source equipments: $32K

Amplifiers/Preamplifiers: $120K

Speakers: $45K

Cables: $20K

Julian

When people ask I give them the price excluding all the cables, power distribution, tweaks and ancillaries, just so it does not sound so insane.

A better question would be:

How much do you spend on average each year on gear?

 

Regarding my system here is what I will share.

My mentor of the past 3 years came over for a listen and said-"I can't believe you have put together a system that sounds like 3 x what you have actually spent".

That did warm some cockles.