Dear itsjustme, As regards the subject at hand, I like what Raul and Mike Lavigne and a few others have said; it depends. But if "90%" of your LPs really do "sound like crap", you've got a problem that could be due to (1) buying used LPs that have been badly abused a priori, or (2) your equipment, which might include anything in the chain from the cartridge and its alignment forwards to your speakers and your listening biases. For example, if you obsess over surface noise, ticks, and pops, and the like, I could imagine that you might object to LPs per se. But most of us don't have excessive surface noise and rarely experience "ticks and pops", the favorite complaint of digiphiles. So, I'd say, for me, maybe 5% of my LPs sound bad, in which case, out they go.
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
I have heard some very high end digital front ends and although they do sound very good, I never get the satisfaction that I do when i listen to analog regardless if its a"coloration" or whatever. I will listen to high end digital, and then I soon get bored, as if it just does not have the magic That I experience with a well set up analog system. So how much do I need to spend to say, " get a sound that at least equals or betters a 3K Turntable?