You Still Need, What??

Let's be real here - getting into vinyl now and from scratch is a totally discretionary luxury spend. It's what someone might do if they have the big bag of excess funds to blow - it's just not a necessity. Buying all that gear & associated goodies is buying a lot of expensive man-toys (sorry, Elizabeth...). You apparently did not fully include your significant other/partner-in-marriage as part of the purchase plans nor shared the overall budget before you acted and now you wonder why you didn't realize the full extent of your overall purchase requirements?

BTW - we'd suggest you make sure the price of the sparkly or whatever toy you buy to mollify your wife very closely approximates the total cost of your latest batch of toys...

I would just reason with her. Something like ...... "But gee honey, you're an overly expensive frivolous toy also, and I don't complain". That should work. Such great negotiating skills and I've never even been married!!

No i can spend anything on my system dont have to check with my wife.

That's the problem with vinyl, a cdp can be plug and play, with vinyl there's always something next. Table, arm, cartridge, phono stage, cables, weights, isolation, will it ever end?
If only digits sounded as good...

This is just one of the subjects that one should think about before marriage. However even Einstein made some serious mistakes. BTW I never meet a wife not coplaining
about her husband.

Regards,