Sound quality of new vinyl recordings.

Most of Diana Krall ,Lynn Stanley, Patricia Barber , Holy Cole , Nora Jones album are excellent. Tone poet series as well.

Probably nearly everyone here has a very revealing system, yours's too as you say.

My recommendation: Don’t over think it. Go for affordable content with good engineering. If it's INVOLVING, done!

Even if: this pressing, made in this plant, on this day of the week is ’better’ than other pressings, I can’t be bothered, just avoid crap, enjoy!

Yes, you will get some duds, but not many. Favorite artists? You will be more attentive when choosing, so more than likely not get a dud.

Part of your brain listening for differences can be detrimental to simple enjoyment.

Research the opinions regarding the content, musicians, instruments, engineering, perhaps stream first to verify your taste, then find an LP, new or used, get it, enjoy it.

It is amazing how good an old LP properly cleaned sounds, or a very good used one, or new, (often need clean them).

I’ve bought a few 180g, more than half had warps, some so bad I had to return them. No more.

Bought a few 45 rpm, they do sound better, yet I’m not buying any more 45’s, a good 33 rpm sounds excellent already.

I am a firm believer in the superiority of a good early pressing from the 60's, 70's and early 80's. I started a mission a few years ago to replace some of my favorite albums that had seen better days and can say that probably half or more of what I replaced did not sound as good as the original pressings. And not to say all are inferior as some sound very good and better but the hit rate is not so good. I will say that I have picked up some current releases that sound great so I don't shy away from buying something that I'm interested in. 

Just a few examples. Dire Straits self titled MFSL 45 RPM sounds great out of the box with great separation of the instruments and a very full bottom end but maybe too much on the bottom end. That is not uncommon on many of the remasters that I have purchased.

Followed it up with my original Warner Brothers early pressing and it's perfect and more enjoyable to my taste with great balance and not lacking on the bottom end at all. Both version were done very well and sound great but I favor the original.

Another example is the Nick Davis remix and half speed remaster by Miles at Abbey Road studios of Genesis Selling England By The Pound on Rhino. With nothing to compare to it sounds great but when compared to my original Charisma pressing from 1973 it doesn't compare. The original is hands down better sounding. 

Everyone has different taste in how they like their music to sound and many people would probably enjoy the remastered versions more in even my few examples. It's all about personal taste. 

Do the research like said previously as the record label and engineer on the project can make a huge difference. 

But in my case I'll stick with the original versions if I can help it. Just saying. 

Make your research every time you buying new album. Lots of modern LPs recorded from digital masters and honest labels don’t hide this fact marking their albums with corresponding sign on the album sleeve, however some are try to scam saying nothing or lie that record made from analog masters.