To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question.

My own journey started with a modestly priced Athena TT produced by SRM Tech in the UK a small 1 man band maker of rather nice TTs ..with a Graham Slee Gran Amp 2 phono stage and Cyrus 6XP amp running through KEF LS50s ...which sounded as good as i remembered from my teens  ...after a few years i got the urge to upgrade and started to look online ....its taken 5 years of patiently waiting to pick up at prices in my budget ....read 2nd hand ...from the bay and forum members sales ....so now i have what will last me ....Atmo Sfera TT ...with Ortofon Quintet Black S stylus got at 1/3rd original retail... a retired dealers personal TT, a Pathos in The Groove Phono (as i needed MC phono) at 2/3rds of retail as open box, Minute EL34 amp (by SAC) at 50% retail as i really wanted to try a tube amp and to round off the system i found some Klipsch Quartets for a good UK price again from a retired dealer and boy does this system sing with both my teenage albums from the 70s and AP/Mofi etc new records ....my point of this is to say that the Athena TT & GS phono cost around £500, i already had the Cyrus & KEFs... and the current set up cost about £2500 all in over 5 years so around £500 a year, taking my time picking up things as i've come across them with a goal in mind ...the journey is all part of the fun in this hobby