Kac, cost benefit ratio was what I was taking about. You want the most performance for your money and don't feel like spending $60K on a phono set up like most of us. So, you look for the point of diminishing returns. Somewhere between $10K and $15k (I am talking about turntable, tonearm and cartridge) there is a steep cliff in performance for dollar. The equipment I suggested is right at that point not only in performance but usability. You can put this turntable on a flimsy card table and it will work fine. You can get it with a dust cover which for me is a critical issue. Put a conductive sweep arm on it and you have a record playing system of the highest caliber.
As far as records are concern 800 is quite a lot as the vast majority of music listeners have none. Be it records, files or CDs having a lot of music is fun. Listening to the same music over and over again is boring. When you have a big collection there are always records that you have not listened to for a while and especially if your system has evolved it is always fun to listen to older records and discover that they are actually better than you remember.
As far as records are concern 800 is quite a lot as the vast majority of music listeners have none. Be it records, files or CDs having a lot of music is fun. Listening to the same music over and over again is boring. When you have a big collection there are always records that you have not listened to for a while and especially if your system has evolved it is always fun to listen to older records and discover that they are actually better than you remember.