My major hobby is this one.Why? Because for me there is something special when you pick the disk, take it from the sleeve, put it on the platter, turn on the player, put the needle on the track and listen to it. Music always raised my mood when I needed it.
I don't scratch, just plain listen to them. Scratching is probably cool too, but I'm not that much interested in it, plus it spoils the disk, while I want my collection to last as long as possible.
Mostly I got a classic house and other electronic music (1985-1995), some of it you can check on my facebook if you're interested. Another, smaller part of the vinyls that I have remind me of the good old times I had that are now impossible to reproduce.
I got about 80 disks so far. Most of it was bought for dirt cheap (about 2-5 Euro) from UK, Italy and Germany. Some disks I consider gems both by what's recorded on it and by the price.
It feels good to come home from work and throw a little party for myself with the tracks I've chosen.
Oh and also I've recently upgraded from the soviet player to the one you see on the photo. It has all the bells and whistles possible on the market, so I'm really happy and fully enjoy it