Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs?

Have you treated the records with anything?  I have albums that are over 40 years old that I treated with LAST (other threads have discussed this product) with excellent results.  It does quiet down the surface noise IMO. 

I may be influenced by having listened to vinyl records back when that was all there was. Compared to those days, my records are now silent. Compared to a CD, well probably very nearly so. But I'm a bit of an obsessive about cleaning records, and I think it pays.

Some LP's are quite quiet: old ones I have scrubbed, some new ones after I have cleaned factory gunk off/out of them however:

In the old days, prior to CDs, we had acquired the ability to filter out noise, clicks, pops, just hear what we wanted to. Like listening to the wife!

After noiseless CD, back to Vinyl, I had to re-acquire that ability. Younger friends, new to Vinyl, aware of the sound of streaming, I find have more difficulty with any LP noise, I try to give them the concept of not being bothered, but they seek 'perfect, noiseless' vinyl. A mistake IMO.

Also clean the stylus.  Just as important as cleaning you records.

+1 jasonbourne71. The Shibata and other line contact types ride deeper in the record grooves and are thus typically quieter than elliptical and especially conical types that ride higher in the groove. With a VPI record cleaner and my setup (Benz Ace with micro line stylus), I have not been able to match the quietness of digital with my records, though my rig is far from SOA now!