One of the great things about Vinyl

@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 😊

@unreceivedogma

i listened on top-rank equipment using a 10 grand turntable with a top-rank shibata stylus, a direct-to-disk record that had been cleaned, surface noise [rumble, groove roar, hiss, ticks] was unmistakable through speakers. perhaps my hearing is keener than most, as i've always protected it. i can hear the residual noise on a dolby-A-encoded master tape. 

@emrofsemanon

The link to a description of my system is posted above.

I just had my hearing checked. It’s normal for my age.

You do need to keep the records clean.

I don’t know what to say. For the overwhelming majority of my records, noise is not an issue. For me, the analog is a better experience than the digital.

@unreceivedogma 100% agree.  Top-ranked equipment, well I have top rank sound with less than SOTA equipment but I have NO noise problem with the overwhelming majority of my 28,500 LPs.  His system is faulty.  A high end analog system minimizes surface noise and record defects to the extent that they are either unheard or nominally heard.  My Japanese vinyl DtoD discs are SILENT other than for the music.  Rumble, groove roar-I haven't heard rumble since I was 15 (52 years ago) listening to my Dual 1209 with a Stanton 661 or Grado Sig 1.  I have a Townshend seismic sink under a VPI TNT VI/SME IV modified, SDS speed unit = ZERO groove roar or rumble.