What it really costs, as bands with allocators
The sortable spec plates for costs & budgets land as the database seeds. Meanwhile the Room Matcher already routes this category by room size and budget.
Home theater audio priced as complete chains, not boxes. What a 3.1, a 5.1, and a 5.1.2 Atmos system actually cost in 2026 as honest bands — plus the one rule that decides every tier: buy the subwoofer and the room before the channel count.
A home studio is a signal path, not a shopping cart. Complete builds at $350, $1,000, $2,500, and $5,000 priced end to end, plus the allocator that keeps them balanced — monitors 40, interface 20, mic 15, treatment 15, headphones 10 — so no single box eats the budget the others needed.
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