Newbie, old timer or returned to analog?

Started buying records in the 60's. I never got rid of my vinyl but I stopped buying it mid-80s when CDs became so darn convenient. Remote control music was (is) awesome! But digital music has never really moved me the way my old albums did. (Or maybe cuz I stopped smoking pot about the same time I started buying CDs.)

Went into a Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago. It was amazing seeing all that vinyl on display. So...

I'm shopping for a TT and this time I'm really gonna put forth an effort into learning how to mount & adjust a cartridge. Hope that goes well. Factoring in the dope buzz, my eyesight and fingers make my current dexterity about equal to back then.

I come across my trusty old Discwasher brush every so often. The whole process of selecting, unsheathing, setting down, and brushing the disc was such a beloved ritual. Now there's record washers that cost more than my stereo and bigger than my clothes washer. 

Somebody really needs to re-introduce the old technology of record changers. Remote control has spoiled me. 

Started buying records in the 60's. I never got rid of my vinyl but I stopped buying it mid-80s when CDs became so darn convenient. Remote control music was (is) awesome! But digital music has never really moved me the way my old albums did. (Or maybe cuz I stopped smoking pot about the same time I started buying CDs.)

Went into a Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago. It was amazing seeing all that vinyl on display. So...

I'm shopping for a TT and this time I'm really gonna put forth an effort into learning how to mount & adjust a cartridge. Hope that goes well. Factoring in the dope buzz, my eyesight and fingers make my current dexterity about equal to back then.

I come across my trusty old Discwasher brush every so often. The whole process of selecting, unsheathing, setting down, and brushing the disc was such a beloved ritual. Now there's record washers that cost more than my stereo and bigger than my clothes washer. 

Somebody really needs to re-introduce the old technology of record changers. Remote control has spoiled me. 

I've been collecting and listening to vinyl since the 1960's.  I admit to having been sidetracked for a few years after the introduction of CD's, but I never gave up on vinyl, which is still my preferred medium. 

Always had a turntable.  Stopped listening to music for a while, then got back in.  For a time I purchased nothing but cd's, but eventually went back to vinyl, which I always kept.  Have had the same cdp for quite some time.  Have been upgrading the analog end over the years and have finally got to the point where I'm satisfied.  Used to dislike cleaning records, but don't mind a bit now.
  I used to think I had a pretty good record collection, approx. 1200-1300, then ran into an old friend I haven't seen in decades who has around 17,000.  That's a pretty good collection.

I grew up on LPs, but lost most of them to a flood when I was 24. Then a couple years later my cat jumped off my turntable, sending it to the floor. It never worked right after that. With a broken turntable and a decimated record collection I decided to wait until CDs came out and the players became affordable. In 1987 I bought my first CD player and listened to digital almost exclusively for the next 20 years.

Except, I wasn't enjoying recorded music like I had in the past. I feared that it was an aging thing. I got a turntable and started spinning some records. I felt young all over again. I was so taken by the analog chain that I didn't even listen to one CD for half a year after getting a turntable.

8-1/2 years later I have around 1500 LPs, many culled from thrift shops, but others are high end reissues. I still listen almost every day, and listening to music always raises my spirits.
I stll have my TT from 2007, a Technics SL1210 M5G with several tweaks. I have handwired PTP phono and line stages, Magneplanar 1.7s with dual subs, and a Perreaux power amp. I also picked up an Audio Technica HOMC mono cartridge for the Beatles mono albums, but I also discovered they make magic with the 50+ yr-old mono LPs I picked up at thrift shops. I have around 60 mono LPs so far that I know of.