Is It Time To Sell My Vinyl Rig?

It appears that I’m getting hammered on about not collecting more records than the two hundred that I own. In my defense, the vintage vinyl that I own, which typically dates from around 1957-ish are all in very good to pristine condition. I have some hard to acquire mono vinyl that still have vinyl shards around the edge from when they were cut. It is difficult to grow a collection under these standards. I do own new vinyl reissues from labels like Analogphonic, Speakers Corner, etc... and while these are new and sealed when bought, more often than not, a vintage copy is all that’s available. I have the same standards whenever I purchase 7 inch 45 rpm’s. So yes, I don’t own two thousand records but where it comes to finding difficult, vintage, pristine vinyl, I think I have a respectable collection. That being said, I’m pretty sure that I’ll keep my collection and possibly the Thorens but sell my ASR phono preamp. When my trust fund kicks in, I’ll shop for the high end ASR phono pre amp and I’ll add a nice tonearm and mono cartridge to the Thorens. I’m just wondering how low I will have to go in order to move the phono stage.

You can always check auction finals at popsike.com 
It will help you to realize current value if you have anything rare. 

Have you considered stereo records? 

@goofyfoot I can only speak for myself, started this last year to purchase vinyl as I only had about 30 to 40 total in 2019, I think I’m at 400 give or take now, they are not hammering you it is just that apparently when we value vinyl and we get obsessed with it we developed some FOMO and we get in a quest to get as much as we can, but for this you need to appreciate it and respect the setup and things you do to implement it, it is a lot of work to get it right

I come from a very good digital rig (which I still use) and the convenience and the quality is there so I know exactly how you feel but vinyl could sound (and this is the problem I have describing these things) could sound so simple, relaxed but natural at the same time, it is different that digital and hard to explain.

My first 40 vinyl were new pressings (all or most from digital masters) my 41st vinyl in 2016 or so was a Wish you Were Here UK pressing from 70s I think, there I realized not all vinyl was created equal.

Last night I listened for the 1st time to a recently purchased Shades of Deep Purple 1st pressing (Japan) near mint, no noise, very very dissapointing sound in detail or dynamics, not your typical expected result. Then I played a recently purchased 1st pressing of Houses of the Holy, when The Rain Song started I got a tear falling down my cheek, not even when I was 12 listening to that specific record I had heard or experienced what I heard last night, to me that record (of my favorite band) is priceless because the emotion it conveyed.

I’m not saying do this or the other, just relating my experience, if you have a good digital then you need an equal quality vinyl rig and actual good vinyl pressings (not from the loudness wars) to compare, if you don’t have the commitment it is absolutely fine, I don’t criticize but I think it is what others are trying to say above.

Good luck man on whatever you do.