>I spend so much time with computers and virtual things, that there's something about the physicality of the thing that's incredibly refreshing.

I can relate to this, I've been restoring a sound system from the early 1970s that'd spent decades in a damp garage and it's immensely satisfying to see and hear it working again. There's not a single circuit board in there, it's all just old fashioned point-to-point wiring. The turntable is a gorgeous Lenco one that's so solidly built, compared to a lot of flimsy stuff today it's a huge contrast. I just replaced the motor which has run for nearly half a century and still did, I only swapped it because the motor's power supply had a noisy transformer and it was easier to just swap out the whole unit. It'll probably keep working just fine long after I'm dead.