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Vinyl lovers I must be crazy

I have been in the hobby for about 40 years and it seems that I enjoyed my simple system back in the 70's more than my high end system of today. My old system consisted of a receiver (sherwood, marantz) a basic turntable (later upgraded ro a B&O) and various speakers. My current system the cables cost 5 times the entire 70's system and the rest of the gear is top notch. I am not saying the 1970's system was better but I think I enjoyed it much better than today's system. The 70's system was a all vinyl system and my current system I strictly listen to Cd's. Is that the problem listening to CD's? For you vinyl lovers what do you think? For those that made the switch back to playing records are you listening more now? Enjoying your system more? What type of vinyl dollar outlay did it cost to reach vinyl nirvana?

Any feedback would be appreicated. Thanks!
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For those that made the switch back to playing records are you listening more now? Enjoying your system more? What type of vinyl dollar outlay did it cost to reach vinyl nirvana?


I listen way more, almost daily for a minimum of two record albums (4 sides) and even more many times. I go back to digital and I'm like... honey, where's the aspirin ? No comparo, imo. Analog way more fun and enjoyable to listen to than digital. $$$ outlay has been expensive...probably close to $20K for me (table, arm, cart, phono stage) excluding vinyl purchases when I jumped back into analog since leaving it back in 1983. I have probably spent over $15K on Ebay since Feb 2011 for NM or sealed condition for my OOP LP favorites from the day.
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