Money! Big time money...I've been charting my own
journey in the universe of music listening for over 15 years now
(my first true foray was as a kid and my grandparents owned a custom tabletop record player.
with a true American made moving coil needle, but it was always broken, and
when I started college, and replaced a 'Sony Discman' that was gifted to me
by my brother-in-law, for a 'Coby' anti-shock player, that I saved up with my own...