I have 1000+ albums from my college days in the '70's in great condition. I had a good TT back then, and always cleaned each record with a Discwasher before playing it. But for me, digital is the way to go. I keep my albums for nostalgia and as wall decorations, but everything is digitized on a dedicated Roon server, and I stream with Qobuz. I just can't see going back to the old days of getting up every 20 minutes, picking an album, cleaning it, carefully putting the needle down, etc. My current TT is decidedly low end (Music Hall MM5), but I just can't see dropping the kind of $$ to get a really proper TT and cartridge, along with the inconvenience. Plus, with some of the albums that I have digitized, you hear the little pops and imperfections from the vinyl that are there no matter how good your TT rig is. So for me, digital is perfect every time and I don't miss playing albums, although I still hold them sometimes when listening to the album on Roon, LOL!