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

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.  

First, I must thank everyone who has participated in this thread. I am so impressed with the quality of the responses and the impressive components our community have assembled in their systems. That comes only with hard work, research, passion and commitment. Bravo!

I've been an audiophile for 40 years. I have a collection of ~60 albums and ~250 CD's. Crazy as it sounds, 20 years ago I tried to sell my vinyl but couldn't get $20 for it. Now, I cherish every album.

3 years ago, I offered to donate all my CD's to the local library. They had a pretty good selection (maybe 500) of CD's. After a couple months, they politely declined. 

Fast forward... I have a nice Rega rig, NAD M66, NAD M23, Zesto Audio Andros and TEAC PD 505T CD Transport, Focal Sopra No. 2, and am ABSOLUTELY loving my music. So happy nobody wanted it when I was willing to give it away.

Thanks to all of you who responded. I was especially moved by stories from those that have been collecting vinyl for decades. My very small collection is largely from 1980-1990 with some recent high quality additions.  

I'm very happy to be part of this hobby(obsession?) and forum. I thoroughly enjoy the conversations and enthusiasm we share for high fidelity music. Thank you.

Matt

VPI HW-40, Ortofon Cadenza Black and McIntosh MP1100. So about $31,000 or so. I also have a Klaudio record cleaner, a spare Cadenza Black cartridge. I have been into the studio hobby seriously since about 1980 when I bought my first McIntosh system. 

Had $15k in tt setup, then $6k in preamp, and 500 albums, all sold 6 or 7 years ago when my digital setup started sounding better. Have never regretted selling everything