How much money has everyone put into the hobby? When is it considered too much/an addiction?
Hello! So I mainly made this post just cause I was curious what everyone else kinda had but also because I was planning out what I hoped to get in the future and from my plans it's a lot. Like a total of 15k-20k in stuff (headphones, iems, DACs, amps, etc) albeit over multiple years as I just really love and actually use heaps of headphones (I typically swap once every day or 3). But from what I can see that is a really big price and reading how many headphones I'm considering it does sound ridiculous but I also like the decoration/aesthetic of them as well which is another huge reason for getting them all.
Just was curious what everyone's perspective on all this was although I know from a semi-related thread talking about how many headphones was too many, many did mention that it's fine as long as it makes you happy and you're obviously not spending outside your means (I wouldn't be. This is just a large chunk of my wants money, savings and needs are still well covered).
But that's pretty much the crux of it and I was curious to hear what everyone else's perspectives were. And thanks for reading if you took the time!
Also only thing I'd mention is that when I say 15-20k in gear that is all used and spans multiple cans, dacs, and amps from raal speaker hybrid ones to stax electrostat to other planars as well as all different types of outputs like tube, hybrid tube solid state, and solid state both for planar/dd and electrostat. If I bought new it'd be roughly 40k worth of stuff (but to me that seems like just a monumental waste unless it's a custom that if you buy used you lose the ability to customise it how you like.