For a younger person, I can't imagine just now getting into the LP/Table/Arm/Cartridge/isolation platform/phono amp/LP cleaner/etc world. It's a lot of work, and takes a while to get really competent at and comfortable with. Not to mention having to move the LP's every time you relocate!
For those who grew up with LP's, and had already amassed a sizable music library by the time the CD was introduced, it's a very different story. I wasn't about to replace 5,000 LP's with CD's, even if they had sounded as good, which they didn't (I already had a good record player, and early CD machines were mighty bad, as were the CD's themselves). I find it unbelievable Herb Reichert did, only recently coming back to analog. At his age, starting over again! Especially as digital has improved so much, and new LP's cost so much.
But unless an LP has been really manhandled, I don't see why it should be so noisy. Mine aren't, and some of them have been played many, many times in the 45 years I've owned them!
For those who grew up with LP's, and had already amassed a sizable music library by the time the CD was introduced, it's a very different story. I wasn't about to replace 5,000 LP's with CD's, even if they had sounded as good, which they didn't (I already had a good record player, and early CD machines were mighty bad, as were the CD's themselves). I find it unbelievable Herb Reichert did, only recently coming back to analog. At his age, starting over again! Especially as digital has improved so much, and new LP's cost so much.
But unless an LP has been really manhandled, I don't see why it should be so noisy. Mine aren't, and some of them have been played many, many times in the 45 years I've owned them!