Is It Time To Sell My Vinyl Rig?

This answer is from another question on a similar subject >
I knew someone who owned a wooden powerboat i.e. >
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He said either you get it or you don’t. Of course, fiberglass boats are infinitely more practical & convenient. All it takes is desensitizing yourself to the depth of beauty represented by the living thing, wood is when raised to such an art form. All the sheer, enveloping, penetrating complexities & nuance - once you begin to surrender to seeing it, you’ve opened up entirely new vistas in yourself.
Yes, I’m leading up to saying it’s the same with vinyl vs digital (in a well-sorted system much more so of course) but the mechanics of it are never that simple to those, intent on being in denial. It works like this: If you try & listen to the differences you’ll definitely hear them - the tricky part to digital lovers/apologists whatever, is connecting that to their emotions. The human imagination is so amazing/powerful etc. that it allows us to override that connection. G-d bless you if you’ve convinced yourself that makes you happy. It’s an accommodation that is as convenient as the guy who persuades himself the surplus beauty of wooden boats is irrelevant. I have a Meridian 808 cd player AND a record player. I’m not a chronic liar who forgets what the truth actually is. I still enjoy my digital but it’s missing stuff vinyl has, no question. If you tell yourself you don’t need it/can’t hear it, that becomes your reality soon enough. Whatever floats your proverbial boat, regardless of what it’s made of. I’ll defend anyone’s right to look at Da Vincis with dark sunglasses on. Calling it the same as w/o, not so much though.

It appears that I’m getting hammered on about not collecting more records than the two hundred that I own. In my defense, the vintage vinyl that I own, which typically dates from around 1957-ish are all in very good to pristine condition. I have some hard to acquire mono vinyl that still have vinyl shards around the edge from when they were cut. It is difficult to grow a collection under these standards. I do own new vinyl reissues from labels like Analogphonic, Speakers Corner, etc... and while these are new and sealed when bought, more often than not, a vintage copy is all that’s available. I have the same standards whenever I purchase 7 inch 45 rpm’s. So yes, I don’t own two thousand records but where it comes to finding difficult, vintage, pristine vinyl, I think I have a respectable collection. That being said, I’m pretty sure that I’ll keep my collection and possibly the Thorens but sell my ASR phono preamp. When my trust fund kicks in, I’ll shop for the high end ASR phono pre amp and I’ll add a nice tonearm and mono cartridge to the Thorens. I’m just wondering how low I will have to go in order to move the phono stage.

You can always check auction finals at popsike.com 
It will help you to realize current value if you have anything rare. 

Have you considered stereo records? 

@goofyfoot I can only speak for myself, started this last year to purchase vinyl as I only had about 30 to 40 total in 2019, I think I’m at 400 give or take now, they are not hammering you it is just that apparently when we value vinyl and we get obsessed with it we developed some FOMO and we get in a quest to get as much as we can, but for this you need to appreciate it and respect the setup and things you do to implement it, it is a lot of work to get it right

I come from a very good digital rig (which I still use) and the convenience and the quality is there so I know exactly how you feel but vinyl could sound (and this is the problem I have describing these things) could sound so simple, relaxed but natural at the same time, it is different that digital and hard to explain.

My first 40 vinyl were new pressings (all or most from digital masters) my 41st vinyl in 2016 or so was a Wish you Were Here UK pressing from 70s I think, there I realized not all vinyl was created equal.

Last night I listened for the 1st time to a recently purchased Shades of Deep Purple 1st pressing (Japan) near mint, no noise, very very dissapointing sound in detail or dynamics, not your typical expected result. Then I played a recently purchased 1st pressing of Houses of the Holy, when The Rain Song started I got a tear falling down my cheek, not even when I was 12 listening to that specific record I had heard or experienced what I heard last night, to me that record (of my favorite band) is priceless because the emotion it conveyed.

I’m not saying do this or the other, just relating my experience, if you have a good digital then you need an equal quality vinyl rig and actual good vinyl pressings (not from the loudness wars) to compare, if you don’t have the commitment it is absolutely fine, I don’t criticize but I think it is what others are trying to say above.

Good luck man on whatever you do.