Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable?

Well, @grislybutter , if you are going to twist my arm and insist that I use your credit card(s) and/or debit card I guess I can see my way clear and consider myself up for our shopping trip.  Are you going to also front me a few k so I can stock up on some vintage LPs?  

. . . and don't forget "cleaning the stems and seeds."  How about "hot tweeter"?

Mixed signals, @grislybutter . . . are you saying that you are there?

I am there yet @thecarpathian but I am evolving :)

@bigtwin , I have never done any golf except for miniature golf, but wouldn't the distance one can hit a ball with a new club actually be measurable?

As far as the "hot tweeter," that was mentioned a couple of times on a thread in 'speakers' but no one defined it for me.  I was thinking, however, of something along the lines of what @thecarpathian  spelled out.

@thecarpathian , possibly because you have been watching Katie Turd or Anderson Pooper or Jake Crapper on the 24 hour news channels?  

 I’d get one with a cartridge unless you or a friend can install the cartridge.

@sls883 , is a cartridge that hard to install?  This is a serious question, as I have not owned a TT and played LPs since '82.  

(Following this thread is making me more and more happy that I have sold out to digital.)

@grislybutter , but seriously, was that mini golf course you built located at Mar a Lego?

Thanks for the visual and a good laugh, @grislybutter .

Thanks for the info on that, @sls883 .  I had no idea that there was that much to it.  I just kind of thought that you popped one cartridge  out and then snapped the new one in.

As I typed previously, this thread is making me feel better about not doing vinyl.