The 1500.00 is for hardware only...for the car,,,
for home I spent 1500 for two Musical Design amps, a Musical Design tubed pre-amp, and a Parasound CDP-2000 Ultra belt driven CD player with HDCD, and Pinnacle Gold Classic Aerogel speakers (600.00 extra)(so total for home was 2100). I dont include installation because it varies,,,and some are do selfers.
For car, I spent 300.00 for the 2 Planet audio HVT 572 Tubed pr-amp amps, 32.00 for a pair of Vifa Tweeters, 75.00 for a pair of Peerless Mid/bass 6.5's, 30.00 for 2 crossovers, 200.00 for Lambda Acoustics PB-10 Sub (including shipping), and 250.00 for the JVC 300 series Kamaleon.
Probably 12 dollars for spray for vibration control in the doors...Just about 650 bucks,,I think its a good system w/o killing my wallet