The issue I always had with LPs was the production quality. I’ve mostly been a classical music person and the best quality vinyl discs were made by the classical recoding folks (Telarc). Out of the sleeve there was no warping, and no out of round due to a miss drilled center hole. Of course the more it was played, the more small particles resulted in ticks and pops no matter how much I tried to clean using vinyl cleaner. Other manufacturers or note were Original Master Recordings and Half Speed Mastered recordings. My friends and I praised the day CD’s came on the market. No more tick and pop and hiss free recordings. Note I could never part with these vinyls and still have them packed away with the Sony turntable. But, I still use my Advent speakers to this day.
I also note in the thrift stores the plethora of CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, and VHS on the rack. I pick up Telarc, Philips, DG,etc. CDs that run $15 new for 2 bucks. I even look at the hardware and bought a 1970s Sherwood receiver for $15. What a find.
Boy have times changed...