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

Thinking about getting back into LP's. Do they sound better than they did 30 yrs ago? I remember , no matter how well you cleaned them and how well you treated them they always( after 1 or 2 plays) sounded like crap! Pops and clicks. Scratched easy. Are they better made? Thicker? I don't want clicking and popping over my system!                Thanks for your input!



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geoffkait
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I can certainly understand someone might enjoy the loudness of overly compressed LPs or the solid state electronics the industry wisely went to in the 70s and ditched all that finicky tube electronics stuff and tube tape machines. 😛
terry9
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Engined, thank you. I had no idea that anyone had produced a one piece diamond cantilever/stylus before. If Koetsu has not evolved with stylus shape or platinum magnets, then a similar cartridge was available 30 years ago.

avanti1960
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Listen to a modern reissue by Analog Productions / Quality Records or MoFi and they will take your head off they sound so amazing.  
However it does take a fairly decent vinyl setup (cart/tuentable/phono preamp) properly set up to get there.  noise is rarely a pervasive issue.  despite having a really nice digital setup with lots of uncompressed FLAC and DSD files I prefer listening to records ~ 90% of the time.  this is after getting back into vinyl about 2-1/2 years ago having not played an LP for 25 years.  
Despite all of the minor issues vinyl sounds more natural in timbre and is more life like.  
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