What is your vinyl commitment?

+1 ^ and the time/effort seeking out vinyl

@whart   Is spending time cleaning records a chore? Maybe. Although personally i get some amount of pleasure from the simple task of running the record through my cleaning protocol, US and vacuum, and then seeing the result. ( and hearing it too). Spent several hours doing exactly this yesterday, was quite pleased with the results.

What is your vinyl commitment?

Makes me think “What’s your digital commitment?”  Seems normally it’s server+Streamer+DAC, but can dive deeper with LPS, clocks, Ethernet filters, Ethernet switches, upscalers, transports, etc.  Sorry if off topic

I am committed to the following, 1) VPI super Prime 2) Hana blue 3) Jc3+ and Carda's cabling = $9.0k.

After all this, i realize, i am just lazy flipping records, so I think this is where my end game will be.

I'm really enjoying this conversation   I recently purchased a Japanese issue of Queen Night at the Opera. It was advertised as Near Mint. I expected to have to clean it. I use a Humminguru ultrasonic. When the package arrived it was so pristine I slapped in on the turntable and WOW, it was flawless! That's so unexpected as most vinyl I've purchased benefits greatly from a thorough cleaning. 

As far as this discussion goes, I am a huge fan of CD's and streaming. At the end of the day, the discussion boils down to best sound quality versus the tactile experience. I love both. For convenience, CD's and streaming cannot  be beat. Yet, some nights, placing that vinyl disc on the turntable is insurmountable as an audiophile experience.