FG, don't worry; you're not missing anything. I have(mostly)fond memories of playing LPs, and it's remarkable that such a grungy technology was able to even do as well as it did, but the technology is obsolescent. Modern digital sources reproduce the analog waveforms that make up music with an accuracy that an LP record can't match, even when it's brand new and undamaged. A collecting interest, similar to that in antique cars, is fine, but it shouldn't be imagined that sound quality can match modern discs.
