What is your vinyl commitment?

Live in a studio apartment, so vinyl is not an option. Have invested in streaming. When I was a younger person an album was about the same as a month subscription for Qobuz. I now feel like a kid in a Tower Records store, with no one stopping me from taking whatever I want. Makes the guy inside of me that wants to be mischievous, feel like he’s gotten over on them. 

Somewhere north of $30K with custom build Technics SP10 MKII, highly modified Thorens tt's, Thoress and Modwright phono stages, Audio Technica AT-Art9xa, modified Rega arm on Thorens, Jelco TK-850L arm on Technics.

So many other items really required for vinyl which should also be included in determining one's money commitment, things like record cleaning machine, fluids, specialty component stands, cartridge alignment tools, cabling. And then we have the vinyl, I have over 3K albums. 

And the shame of it all, rarely use my vinyl setup, streaming has replaced the vinyl. I've been spoiled by new listening modes which don't require listening through an entire album, but I still can if that's my desire. 

Bergmann Galder with Odin Tonearm - $35K

Sumiko Palo Santos Cartridge - ~$5K

McIntosh MP1100 - $6K

All prices when purchased, so that’s just shy of $50K.

And I love the set up.  Amazing sound.  The Bergmann is a technological wonder with the vacuum hold down, air bearing tonearm & platter.

According to Discogs my LPs are worth $38K on the low end and $155K on the high end.  Still have another thousand or so LPs to put into Discogs, so numbers will go up substantially.

My commitment to vinyl is the same as the one to digital. I honestly stopped counting the $ figures. I'm so deep into it now, that instead of selling equipment that I upgraded from, I keep it as backups. I might have to build a backup house of stereo lol.

@ckr1969 

Would love to listen to that set up!  Spin On!!!