What will audiophiles do Different?

I started at warming up gear, realizing changes, hearing differences, buying $200 cartridges, etc...when I was 15 years old (in the late 70’s). So, change anything? Probably nothing.

Oh yes, age 15, bought the Shure M97HE cartridge. First in a long a long run of expense problems, one might say. (today they would call that a ’line contact’ stylus profile, at 0.2x15 mil)

Run of the mill pioneer stuff, with a Technics direct drive table. But I could sure as heck hear the difference that stylus was making with records....

Then it spun out of control.

I am much the opposite of a few others it would seem. I would spend as little on digital as possible and put the money saved into further improving my analog front end and phono preamp. 

Do I get to keep all the accumulated experience and hard-won knowledge from missteps and wrong turns?  If so, I could save myself a bundle of $$.

Spent more on speakers as a percentage of my overall system investment. 

Stay away from audio forums and just listen to FM radio and CDs thru my 90's receiver and whatever $500 speaker sounds best.

MAYBE get a  cheapTechnics DD and start another pre 80's record collection.