GippleDocks here!
I've been buying records since the mid 70's: rock, pop, reggae, soul, jazz, classical; good, bad and ugly pressings; new and secondhand. I've had my own hifi since the early 80's.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that marriage, mortgage and parenthood all but put a halt to record buying. But the hifi was ever present and ever in use. With a few planned upgrades and distress purchases down the years I find myself with a PT1 deck - Syrinx LE1 arm - Goldring Elite cartridge - Graham Slee Accession C - Mesa Boogie Baron power amp - Tannoy Stirling loudspeakers. Oh nearly forgot, for the digits there's an Arcam FMJ CD23T and an Audiolab M-DAC too.
My next project will be to digitise my late father's 78s, unplayed since the '70s... when I get around to it. Yes it'll need some more kit!