LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago?

My Lp's sound a whole lot better.  30 years ago I was poor and had a low end, mid-fi system.  These days my system is a little more refined LOL

Every used record has a story. We just don't know what it is.

Maybe it's good that we don't know some of those strories or they would've  given us heart attack.

^^ Quite rightly so. ^   :^)

Hard to put a finger on when the mass market players started sounding good, straight off the shelf, could have been around the late 70's with the Quartz locked Japanese players? Some of the old idler drives sound amazing when replinthed into a solid base. (Anyone out there replinthed an old Elac 50H or 770H, you'll know they can sound pretty good, but not so in orig hollow box).
I remember when buying my first low end audiophile tt the advice I was given "want twice the quality, pay 10 x the price!"