Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
Just regarding the whole 'value for money' thing.

Obviously this is relative to what else can be bought for that amount of money or more.
The way I like to look at expensive purchases is to convert it into a monthly figure. So, assuming you intend to keep them for say 10 years, that works out to about £42 a month. Comparing that to say a Sky TV subscription, it's far cheaper over the lifetime of the product and no doubt you'll end up keeping them and enjoying them for way more than 10 years.

I recently replaced my desktop speakers after 5 years - they cost me £160 I think, so £2.67 a month, and I still have them and will use them for something else, or they'd sell for probably £80. Well, that's how I justified spending £700 on their replacements!