Is it all worth it?

Do not get me wrong, when its good , my record replay is REALLY good.

But I am finding, especially later at night, that I am just as happy to push play on the Aurender Conductor app and be done with it.

Is my streaming top knotch?

No not yet, but that is also part of my thinking.
All in maybe 3k in streamer and DAC and it sounds fantastic.
3k does not take you very far in record replay land..... lol.

I don't know, maybe its just enforced home stay, got me on edge. 

Owning both along with high speed half track makes for critical listening/ comparisons/ understanding the relative merits and deficient elements of each... and let’s face it for much much music it is only available on digital:-)

have at it Uber !!!!

Uber, I go back and forth.  I can't tell you how many times I pick up a record and am really disappointed by the quality of the pressing.  Many times I've gone to the streamed version of the same recording and it sounds 1000 times better and there's none of the rigmarole, ticks, pops, etc.  I can skip songs easily, change quickly to something else if the mood hits, etc.  Times like that I want to get rid of the turntables completely. 

I just took my JVC QL-Y66F in to have it serviced.  After I got it back, I checked to make sure the cartridge was still aligned properly and saw that it was a little off.  After a bit of fussing around and putting on a record, no sound out of the left channel!  I've checked everything I can, no idea what happened.  The service shop where I take it is closed for now, so it's a paperweight for now.  Luckily I have a spare table, LOL.

But yeah, when it's a nice pressing and everything is working right, and the "magic" happens, it does make it all worth it.

I used to think because I had to be more alert and concentrated to play records it meant I was paying more attention to the music.
Not sure as that's the case.
In fact sometimes it can have opposite effect when I know a side is getting near the end and I have to move my ass to lift the needle. Yeah I know get a Little Fwend!
Of course if on the SL-10 or QL-A7 that's not a worry.

But wait, WTH am I doing with all these TT? And ten plus cartridges??
I have one streamer, one DAC.

I picked a hell of a week to quit glue sniffing!

All in, no regrets--ever.