Audiophile Crap

It's at my bro-in-laws house atm. I got sick of the fucking maintenance BS with vinyl. Yeah, it sounds better than CDs, until the loud snap, crackle, and POP while your enjoying a great tune.
 
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I don't even know what the fuck is going on in that last pic.

I really want a new system though. Shit. Pointless. If only you could see what is going on in my house right now: wife talking on phone incessantly, son running through house asking for help with light sabers, baby yelling for no apparent reason, me working on some absurd grad school paper. I'd be better off just donating the money to Jerry to help pay for his car repairs.
 
Ken, what do you think about the older Rega Planar 3 with a Rega RB300 arm? Probably a Sumiko Blue Point cartridge (lowest end one)? Worth it or should I just go for the newer P3-24?