noromance, you just have to be careful to observe who is pressing the records. There are now companies who are doing a fabulous job on the other hand there are companies that are pressing garbage. If you are classical only there is a solid argument for period pressing but for pop music a lot of the original pressings were pretty bad. Jazz was a mixed bag. Even old ECM pressing could be noisy on occasion not to mention that I think Manfred had severe high frequency hearing loss. The cymbals were always in your face.
What's the future for vinyl lovers?