Now I get it...

Larry
I think you will find that the majority of members here with a nice vinyl setup do also stream.... A lot....
Majority of members posting in what's on your turntable tonight thread absolutely do, myself included.
But there is still something other worldly magical about vinyl.
Call it distortion if it makes you happy but it has it and streaming just does not to the same extent.

And you can argue all day until the cows come home over that one.... Lol.

Yes but Alice has NOTHING on us!

However to be serious......

I would tend to agree with Lewm that nothing I play truly makes me want to rip the offending record off the platter due to its SQ.

What I would say is my state of affairs right now is.....

The poor recordings sound ok, sometimes can grate in areas but generally more than acceptable to still be enjoyable.

But the good and great recordings?
These just sing with all the good attributes highlighted in sonic bliss.

Now I used to buy all sorts from bargain bins and sure there was some gems but a fair amount of dross to accompany it.

My advice would be to look for good original first pressings, white label promo and some MFSL albums.

I generally search using nothing lower than EX,NM and M record gradings now as most people's VG+ just about make my G+ grading.

Above all......have fun!

Welcome to the ever widening rabbit hole of audio bliss!

It gets dark in there.......