One of the great things about Vinyl

@emrofsemanon 

Maybe you need better quality turntable/arm/cartridge?

After the lead in groove, I have little to no surface noise. 

Digital sucks!!!! 😉     I still use it in my truck. 

@ghdprentice You said it all.  With 28,500 LPs and now 11,000 CDs, I listen through to the entire CD (if the performance warrants).  I don't know which format I will listen to nightly (2 hours).  It all depends on the performance/music.  However, where I have both the LP and the CD, sonics dominate so it could be either format.

“One of the great things about Vinyl Is I find myself listening to recordings all the way through. Rarely do that with CD’s and/or streaming”

That’s your prerogative but it does not mean that CD / Streaming is any less gratifying. Maybe your CD / Streaming system sucks…LOL! Most vinyl setups (seen here on virtual systems) has lot more $$$ vested compare to CD or streaming setups. Heck, most vinyl aficionados de-facto streaming benchmark is Bluesound Node 2 😊