Haha, still a rotor head... But don't have one anymore. Had a rx3 but now I am a Dato 16 owner. Might get around to putting a 13b in it one day... Hopefully.
Yeah, you really don't need $3k to build a herms system
I've come in under $900 for my 3V system and I admittedly overpaid quite a bit for my electronics buying via jaycar instead of ebay or my sparky mate