mech keyboards is one of the cheaper hobbies out there, i've found. the top-end is only about $500-$600 (500 for a board and 100 for a smashin' set of caps), whereas the top end in another popular hobby like headphones is 10x that for a pair of Stax, plus the same amount for an amp that can drive the cans which add up to 10k in total
Not sure about that.... I've only gotten into keyboards since the end of last year, and I've dropped about a grand on keyboards so far.
$135 for IMSTO, $160 on TaiHao sets, 200 MX switches for about $100, lube for $18, Numpad for $60 Dolch for $180, Keycool 84 $60, Toxic $70, Banggood blank set $20, Ivan's round 3 black PBT for $130, Bro set for $100, $210 for GON's keyboard, and looking to purchase the Duck Viper and Red Scarf 2 when group buys for that come out, and a novatouch.
I also recently purchased a very nice Rubik's cube for $8. Makes me wonder how much I would have saved if I had just gotten into speed cubing instead of mechanical keyboards...