Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it


I'm standing here on the vinyl cliff,peering over the edge...I had a TT in the eighties & nineties, an AR with the Underground Sound mods by George Merrill from Memphis, TN. It got destroyed in a series of moves, and my vinyl disappeared. I have a perfectly good CD player(Denon 1650AR),EAD PM2000 amp & EAD Ovation plus prepro, & thiel 2.3's. I would need a phono preamp before I could run whatever TT I obsess over enough to buy, as the Ovation has no phono stage. Push me over, or save me! mb
michaeljbrown
Hi Def digital is going to surpass analog playback at some time in the near future. It will be cheaper and more convenient as well. If I didnt have 4k+ albums that Ive collected over 40+yrs I wouldnt bother with vinyl. Indeed, if I could get back a 1/4 of what Ive invested Id quit now. Make friends with an analog fool and make 24/96 recordings of the records they have that you like and youll be way ahead. Just ask some of my friends.
A lot of very interesting replies here, but I have to say Elizabeth's is the best. I love it!

Cheers,
John
Yes, less expensive than sailing, but you will still experience moments of being becalmed... and moments of running with the wind. Coming about!
Don't do it unless you have easy access to used records at a good indie record store-- unfortunately a dying breed. Amassing a large collection of desireable LPs at a record store will cost a fraction of building a collection through ebay or other web sources. Most people would be better off upgrading to a better digital front end, which these days can surpass many turntables.
You'd be surprised what you can do on the used market. But even so, good vinyl does take a little sweat equity.