My wife and I have always agreed that education is one cost-no-object thing in our family. Our three daughters literally eat nearly 50% of our household income -- including school tuitions, sports activities, nanny salary, etc. etc...

But hey, if you can get cost-no-object AV gears (or whatever other hobbies), it will be pretty boring, right? What fascinates me is the process to shop and build what I regard as the best possible AV system within a highly limited budget.