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

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.

Linn Axis:  $600 (1987)

Denon dl103r - $350

Electrocompaniet step up x former: $150 used

Schitt Freya pre-amp with phono - $400 used

Humminguru ultrasonic record cleaner- $400

Records:   Tons of money over the years. 

30k turntable, tonearms, phono pre, and 30k+ in top cartridges (VDH Grand Cru, Lyra Etna, Koetsu Coralstone D, Miyajima Infinity Mono, SPUs…), 1500 vinyl records.