What are the three most expensive audio purchases you've made? How would you do you see them now post hoc?

[Barryfromholland]

A pair of dynaudio confidence 30’s

enjoy them almost every day for a year now. Awfully expensive but great sound. Great to have them in my house

 

[Ken1951]

Most expensive move? , buying an apartment for my invalid/chronic sick daughter so she could live and have a life of her own instead of living with her son with mom and dad. 500 000 USD freeed up what is now my listening room /library

Kudos to you for this.

 

[bodhi]

Genelec 8350+7360, Svs sb4000 and kef R5. Genelecs are for life probably, don't need better for desktop. Sub is a sub and I don't think I need a bigger one ever. KEFs can go at some point.

 

[LTig]

Genelec 8350+7360, Svs sb4000 and kef R5. Genelecs are for life probably, don't need better for desktop. Sub is a sub and I don't think I need a bigger one ever. KEFs can go at some point.

8350 on a desktop? Wow!

 

[CapMan]

I bought a house to put the gear in and listen to it !

 

[bodhi]

8350 on a desktop? Wow!

It's not that much larger than say 8330 I had before, comparing the real estate it occupies from the table. One of my reasons for upgrade was that I could sell the sub.

Unfortunately, after a while the "what if..." proved to be too much and I ended up with getting a sub again. Which, to be honest, is not really that useful.

 

[Brian Hall]

Most expensive: Sennheiser HD800 S headphones. Worth every penny.
Second: Eversolo DMP-A6. I still love it and would buy it again.
Third: Not sure. Lots of things would fit here.

Best low cost items: Fosi V3 amp, Sony SSCS5 speakers and the Zero 2 IEMs.

I don't feel any need to "upgrade" anything else now. I love the way my office setup sounds as well as my main setup in the living room.

 

[Vinsen]

Neumann KH420 speakers: bought before a big price jump and we call these our babies for a reason
Isonoe ISO420 mixer/pre-amps: a timeless analog machine on which mixing never felt this good
Neumann KH80 speakers: a bit pricey for its performance, but integrates seamless with the subs of the KH420 (would only buy with a sub)

No need to upgrade anything anytime soon

 

[pogo]

NAD M33 <-- need to upgrade to bridge-mode with M23 after a listening session in february ...or waiting for a good 1ET9040BA implementation, also bridged purifis.
Teufel M6000 (first generation)
Teufel M200 (first generation)