Nah, the benefit to vinyl (unless you’ve got a proper TT and take care of your records properly) is having a physical medium, large artwork, collecting etc. It also forces you to listen to an album how it was meant to be, rather than cherry picking songs, so it’s ideal for classical, jazz, prog, and a lot of…

Just because the basic mechanical principle is simple doesn’t mean it’s easy to make. Have you ever seen a groove? It’s tiny right? This in itself means you need rather decent bearings. Sure, bearings are cheap, but you need a few and that adds up quickly. 180$ msrp means AT will be lucky to get $100 for one of those…