>I appreciate wax but its really a clunky way to listen to
>music in 2021
>
>if the records could flip themselves it would be worth it but
>constantly having to stand close to the turntable gets old
>real quick unless you are spinning records as a DJ.

^ all of this. i still like having the records and dont see myself getting rid of them. i will still keep buying more but i think its going to stay at a slower and slower pace. from august 2019 to about january 2020 i bought around 100 records. ive added about 60 more since. there are only about 10-20 records i still really want. that would increase to around 50 if i include "classic" rock. im in no rush to fill that out.

i have this weird habit of only playing a record once and trying to make sure i listen to each record i buy before i put it in the shelf. i dont want to play a record twice until i clear my queue. i have broken this a few times but i feel that is also adding to not playing them as much as i want to. i need to just get through the queue and try playing records that i feel like playing. i might end up playing them more often.