Is it all worth it?


Do you ever get the feeling when you start to question whether playing records is really worth it all?
You know with everything involved with great record playback.
The setup, the cleaning regime, the $1000 plus cartridges that start their finite lifespan as soon as stylus first touches vinyl and spirals into less and less value with every play.
All the tweaks involved, cables, mats, isolation etc.
Then the media itself with it's inevitable disapointments.

Don't you just like to push a couple buttons on your phone app and be listening to great sound with a worldwide catalogue at your fingertips.

Or is it that when all of it lines up and the sounds are just sublime, then yes you sit back with a wry smile and say...

Yep, it's all worth it!
128x128uberwaltz
I agree with two posts up, I enjoy just listening to my FM tuner at times. No fuss, just tune in to my local classical or jazz station. The quality of the both the signal and the content is superb. 
Yes, it is worth it. Remember to enjoy your jurney when you search for you final HiFi/Music destination.👍
I have never rushed home wanting to adjust VTA, clean records, double check tracking force, and so on. I was aware of  guy who would do all of this for EACH record in his collection. All my vinyl is gone.

Pop in a CD, sit back and enjoy.
hoganpc,

So you knew me 15 years ago?

If and when I get back into vinyl I'll do what I should have done in the first place - buy a Technics and have done with it.
Is it all worth it?  The short answer is yes.  It's the ritual we enjoy as well as the sound.  The digital as well. It's phenomenal. However the experience is completely different.