Here in England, I scour the charity shops; Oxfam is best, where entire record collections are off-loaded in excellent condition - especially the classical / early stuff - and priced accordingly. I recently picked up a mint 1971 Argo edition of David Munrow's Songs of Love & War - Music of the Crusades (complete with inserts!) for £3.

We bought one of those USB turntables last year to do some vinyl transfering, but it gets used more simply for playing records - especially my old early music albums. I've nothing against CDs - I'm a bit of a Jordi Saval completist and have most of the Alia Vox catalogue in a dedicated CD rack - but bitter experience has taught me to be wary of CD-Rs. And those lovely old 12" cover designs - rare & precious; things of beauty and a joy forever...