To switch or not to switch.....

I assembled my first system in 1964. It consisted of H H Scott amp and tuner kits, a Fairchild turntable, arm and cartridge and Bozak speakers. Zip cord speaker wire and two dollar interconnects completed the system. We all learned to live with the pops and clicks and hiss of records and saved for the ultimate in sound ...reel to reel tape. The advent of Dolby noise reduction ushered in cassettes. Then came digital...compact discs...super audio discs...and finally...analog via lp's. What goes around.....

I would think almost all 'philes at one time or another have had the urge to return to lp's...and I'm there now. I can't help wondering what I can expect with new table/arm combinations, cartridges and record cleaning machines. Do we still live with that inner groove distortion, surface noise, etc. that I remember so well, or has the industry been able to overcome these disturbances? I'm anxious to hear what you all are experiencing today.