What is your vinyl commitment?


Total cost of ONLY THESE ITEMS: turntable (including power supply), Cartridge, Phono Stage (phono pre-amp).

 

Personally, I'm at $3,195 for Rega P6 with Ania Pro Cartridge and a pre-owned Zesto Andros tube phono stage (pre-owned for $1,900) - Magic!

 

How invested are you?  

connollymj

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SOTA Star Sapphire III                         $1700

ET-2 tonearm                                               570

Monster Cable AG1000II                          400   (decomissioned)

Lyra Kleos                                                   2600     

Hegel V10 phono preamp                         1350     

DH Labs Silver Sonic tonearm cables      350 

vdH Thunderline interconnects                280     

                                              TOTAL:        $7250     

Interestingly, my current digital front end cost about the same, but it is in current dollars, whereas much of my vinyl front end was in late 1980s dollars.  However, if I were to count all the CD players and DACs I’ve bought, I’ve spent more during the same time period on the digital gear, which I suspect improved more dramatically over the decades than record-playing gear.  I also suspect the analog gear has retained its value better than my old digital gear for this reason.