How much have you men spent?

[Mrs AutomanUK]

Just wondering how much you men are prepared to admit you have spent on AV gear ! OK.. I will rephrase that.. how much have you lot spent ?

Wonder how many fancy holidays us women could have been on for the same money.. hmm... where is that holiday brochure....and the free ads items for sale submission page.....

[Knyght_byte]

easy answer, my full setup (a few things are missing from my sig because of character limit, but a goodly portion is written there) was recently added up for the sake of altering the amount of the house insurance policy recently.......we jotted down......

£12,000 :-)

so i think thats a cruise round the world over 180 days for ya there (2nd class)

[trashbat]

about 2K albeit in the car

small fry compared to some that will post

[Ethics Gradient]

Originally Posted by Knyght_byte

easy answer, my full setup (a few things are missing from my sig because of character limit, but a goodly portion is written there) was recently added up for the sake of altering the amount of the house insurance policy recently.......we jotted down......

£12,000 :-)

so i think thats a cruise round the world over 180 days for ya there (2nd class)

well since they say the average woman spends £3,000 a year on cosmetics and beauty products / treatments ..... you only have to stay together for 4 years to break even

If it's a 10 year relationship, they already owe you 18K worth of equipment

[Mrs AutomanUK]

where do you get your facts from ??!! I don't spend anywhere near that !Don't try to justify yourself and own up Ethics !!

[metropolis]

Originally Posted by Ethics Gradient

well since they say the average woman spends £3,000 a year on cosmetics and beauty products / treatments ..... you only have to stay together for 4 years to break even

If it's a 10 year relationship, they already owe you 18K worth of equipment

if you include shoes into the equation then that 18k would probably double .

[Knyght_byte]

Originally Posted by metropolis

if you include shoes into the equation then that 18k would probably double .

then factor in phone bills for gossiping and hey, i'm owed a Musical Fidelity KW system with B&W Nautilus (the original shell shape ones!..lol) and stereo REL Studio 3's!!!....heh

[NWhiteley]

currently... about £6000. The PHD8 accounts for nearly half of that

[Mrs AutomanUK]

£12k.... £6k.. ok.. I have found new admiration for my hubby now !! We have done ours on a budget and the sooner i get him away from this forum the better cos now I see thousands being spent it is only a matter of time before he aspires to this too !!

[Ultima]

Not so high here, approx £2k. Not so high when you consider that my wife has spent this weekend alone

Sunglasses £235
Handbag £135
Shoes £150 (2 Pairs so it's ok )
Makeup etc from boots £60ish (its ok though because she gets points on her boots card )

Martin

[BrianC]

I've spent about £5K over 3 years or so colating the gear in my signature. If you include the cost of what I've upgraded from its probably £8.5K over 6 years (minus about £1K for resale of old bits, and a lot of what I have brought has been reused in the master bedroom).

But I don't smoke, drink, womanise, buy expensive clothes (except for work) or gamble so I consider it to be my one vice. I also only try to spend unbudgeted extra cash like overtime or bonus money and not all of that either as a good portion of that goes on weekends away, days out, presents for the family.

[nogg]

Only about £2k so far. The big spend will be when it's time to buy a Plasma, and Media PC. About another £3k for that!

[davesater]

erm......20k give or take a couple of k.

[Jules]

I've probably paid well over £10K, though some of my kit can be obtained much cheaper now (projector and DVD being good examples). However the core of my system, (Amp, Speakers, Sub) would still cost easily cost £5000 to replace with the same quality.

If you include all my audio components aswell (Tuner, CD recorder, MD, Turntable) + cables, mounts, universal controllers etc... then you'd certainly be looking at over £10,000.

But look at this way, your holiday will be over in 2 weeks..... your AV equipment should last you 10 years.

[shahedz]

i must have spent close to £2.5 k. but i have sourced a lot of my products second hand as my money goes a lot futher, also the most expensive components of my system the LINN gear i got as a present so didnt cost me anything!