Why no Virtual System pics??

Ever now and then I play Al Hirt : Carnival of Venice - brings back memories....

Seems single moms  with budding teenage audiophools have a lot in common here.
My mother could not afford to help my quest for audio BUT she never asked for a single penny of my meager earnings from my Saturday job and evening odd jobs at 14/15 even though I’m sure looking back it would have made things easier.
In retrospect I was obviously a selfish git but what can you expect from a teen with audio stars in his eyes.
It all turned out good though and we still had bread on the table and I had music.

Yes Jaytor, very tongue in cheek. That is what the smile was meant to convey. I still have my turntables but they are digitized so they can run through my digital processor. How evil can you get. 

Moving is certainly a major PITA. Since I had to move 8 foot speakers I guess ten orange crates of records was no big deal. You just rent a larger truck. But I can appreciate your situation and you are right, starting up a record collection now would be silly. I probably would not do it either. I buy most of my music on line at HD Tracks. I personally do not like streaming. More than anything I am a music collector at heart and every album is a work of art. I want to be able to listen to the whole thing a few times to get the full message. I dislike fracturing it into songs. I do have playlists that I use for background music. Easy to do in i Tunes on an apple computer programmed with Pure Vinyl. 

There is nothing like beating up the road in a 911. 911 owner are a very different group of people than Ferrari owners. 911 guys are always under the hood working on their cars. Ferrari owners would never get their hands dirty. Their in their cocktail jackets smoking cigars. But the cars are beautiful works of industrial art and do not deserve the scorn (jealousy)
911s you can use as a daily driver. I have a picture of Smiley (yellow C4S cup car) with 200 board feet of mahogany strapped to it's roof racks. People were hanging out of their cars taking pictures. 

Must have a different breed of 911 owners here in Florida, most of them I know would not even know where the hood was or where to even find the motor.......
Been there and done that and moved on.
Maybe I did not buy the right one but my 911 experience was luke warm.
Had always lusted after one and eventually bought one, an early water cooled one if I remember right, 2001 or so?
Now my Cayman.... that is another story entirely!
But back to audio not Car & Driver.... lol.