Sum Total Cost Of All Cables In Your Rig?

I just added up in my head the cost of all the cables I own. Take in to consideration that most were purchased used,and some would be considered extinct to some. The total out of pocket is around $4k. 

This was a revealing question! Since most cable purchases come slowly, over years, the totals add up to a total which kind of shocked me. Speaker cables, (and discarded speaker cables), a barrage of interconnects, (the demoted ones get moved down line), headphone cables, power cords (ouch), all totaled...about...$3000. So not too terrible reading about some others. Some few I can admit provided no sonic benefit that I could tell. Some were shockingly fantastic. TIP: Before starting a serious system position your dedicated outlets reasonably close as possible to your main components. I learned painfully that unless I would pay $$$ the best audio comes direct to AC outlets. 

$6.5K used, probably at least double that new.

Power cords and interconnects that maximize the performance of the electronics, and speaker cables that maximize the performance of high end speakers - should both be considered components themselves.  Small but musically noticeable improvements can not be 'unheard' to go back to less satisfying cabling.