Why no Virtual System pics??

Very beautiful and touching story indeed...

When I was 12 years old I delivered each days the newspaper to the doors of all my neighbours... This was my first job.... We were also very poor without even a bath for 4 children..... But my mother let me with the newspaper money bought my first stereo system, a turntable and speakers integrated in a wooden furniture.... That was paradise....My first vinyl was military music, it was not my choice it come with the purchase.   :)


It seems we had some common ground with motherhood....

Important and it’s your thread - take it where you will !!!!
pretty fantastic Mom !!!!!

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.