To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question.

I forgot to add, why do I think it is more practical getting good vinyl now? Than a few years ago? You have Discogs which is a good resource for excellent vintage vinyl, seems that more people have favored digital over analog and got rid of their vinyl and finally there are companies doing pressings taking care of going through a better process, direct to disc, etc, yes it is higher in price but not by much.

My own journey started with a modestly priced Athena TT produced by SRM Tech in the UK a small 1 man band maker of rather nice TTs ..with a Graham Slee Gran Amp 2 phono stage and Cyrus 6XP amp running through KEF LS50s ...which sounded as good as i remembered from my teens  ...after a few years i got the urge to upgrade and started to look online ....its taken 5 years of patiently waiting to pick up at prices in my budget ....read 2nd hand ...from the bay and forum members sales ....so now i have what will last me ....Atmo Sfera TT ...with Ortofon Quintet Black S stylus got at 1/3rd original retail... a retired dealers personal TT, a Pathos in The Groove Phono (as i needed MC phono) at 2/3rds of retail as open box, Minute EL34 amp (by SAC) at 50% retail as i really wanted to try a tube amp and to round off the system i found some Klipsch Quartets for a good UK price again from a retired dealer and boy does this system sing with both my teenage albums from the 70s and AP/Mofi etc new records ....my point of this is to say that the Athena TT & GS phono cost around £500, i already had the Cyrus & KEFs... and the current set up cost about £2500 all in over 5 years so around £500 a year, taking my time picking up things as i've come across them with a goal in mind ...the journey is all part of the fun in this hobby