Unlike a certain coworker, I didn't get all teary-eyed when Christian Siriano won on Project Runway last night. (Stay strong, Andy Greene!) But I did watch, and when that crazy little genius won, it made me think – specifically, it made me think about what I could get for all that prize money. One thing you might want – if you aren't interested in, say, real estate – is sitting in our editorial conference room right now. A publicist who handles super-high-end audio equipment installed a $40,000 stereo yesterday for us to test for the next three months.

The speakers are Thiel CS3.7's. They're around four feet high and cost $10,000 for the pair. Even though they're totally giant, they came with a matching subwoofer. Sweet! Each speaker has its own massive 1,000 watt amplifier at $12,000 a piece. The CD player is another two grand, and is made out of some kind of metal. Maybe aluminum? The remote is made out of the same stuff. It requires a screwdriver to change the batteries, and is heavy enough that you really wouldn't want to drop it on your foot if you were wearing flip-flops. It also looks like it was made by (or for) the military.

So did it blow my hair back like that old Maxell ad when I fired it up? Is any stereo in the world worth as much as a Lexus? Check in tomorrow for Part Two. And if you have any tips for albums that might sound especially mindblowing through this thing, leave them in comments.