Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs?

I have found some older first-pressing vinyl albums that are dead quiet in  my collection. Especially after a good cleaning. Taking care of them for decades helps and the fact that I was doing a lot of digital listening compared to vinyl the last 15yrs meant nominal wear and tear too. However, I have new vinyl pressings, freshly bought and cleaned, that don't sound nearly as quiet as some older pressings which means I might need to put the newer vinyl through the record cleaner once more to remove the factory crud. 

Surprisingly, I have a few records that look visually ok and expect them to play noisy and with a good cleaning they are quieter than I would have expected. 

@tomcy6 You may not have noticed, but digital streaming is now making up about 85% of record company revenues. That may have something to do with the decline of cd sales.

CD sales in the US market actually had an uptick in 22 and 23 compared to several years ago.  Especially considering outside of the U.S. the CD format is still the most popular format for listening to music. In the UK, CDs were the most popular format in 2023.

Strangely enough, digital downloads are on the decline while compared to physical sales of CDs and Vinyl being up in 2023.

For those of us who collect physical music as a hobby, we are clearly a shrinking source of  revenue for the music industry.