Ok, true story here. A buddy of mine that I worked with for years asked me to give him a ride from the airport to home. I've never seen his house before so he gave a quick tour. Nothing much, big ass tv, nice kitchen, *real* nice workshop and then his hifi system....oh my god...
I sat in the sweet spot and he cranked up some Tori Amos....I swear the the piano was right there in the living room! God as my witness I could smell Tori's perfume!
Then he shows me this box filled with handwritten notes and algorithms from the last ten years he spent building this system. We're talking hand made tube amps, preamps, speaker boxes(several hundred lbs a piece) x-overs et all. The cable he used for the speakers is about 1" round! He even installed a cooling system in the basement that goes through the floor to his living room. All in all he gave me a estimate on what's invested in it and well, I think it literally doubled his house in value as when the house goes, so does the hifi.
Now the kicker....my bud is 80% deaf!
Go figure...
Ted Novak TRA#5512 IEAS#75