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And to be fair to Matt i've never owned any remastered LP's so I can't comment on their sound quality but what I can say is that I used to hate the Rice Krispies of analog (snap, crackle and pop) on albums that had only been played a few times and I took care of my records back then, cleaning them with a carbon fiber brush every time I spun one so as soon as I heard that all gone with CD's I became a digital evangelist. I've pretty much always just been a rock guy too so it's hard for me to even imagine what it was like for classical music aficionados with their soft passages highlighting analog's deficiencies
I tend to buy new vinyl and old, and when I buy old I seek out "mint" condition, which doesn't automatically mean no record noise of course, but it's generally meant for fairly quiet vinyl in most cases. And then with a wash in my ultra sonic record cleaner, the records can get even more quiet.
I have little doubt that I could spin some records for you that you'd find sonically impressive, and also where you wouldn't be hearing any record noise during the music.
On the other hand, there would be all those gray areas where there is some level of audible record noise artifacts which maybe I'm ok listening through, but which would annoy the hell out of you. So listening to the same track I may be "this is fine, I love this" and you may be "I could never put up with this, get me outta here." And I'd completely understand that since we are all sensitive to different things and have our specific goals.
My brother-in-law, who has long been in to good audio (from an engineering standpoint - he'd be an ASR member), gave me all his LPs because he had no use for them. He had a nice high end system, digital source, and wondered "why in god's name would anyone want records anymore?" He came over and we played some of his old records on my system and he was in shock, saying he never knew a record could sound like that. He was confused about why I'd still play records when he came; he wasn't confused by the time he left.
As for rock, I was in to prog and regular rock etc. When CDs took over I happily re-bought much of the stuff I originally had on vinyl with the expectation of better sound. And often that was true, I did think the CDs sounded amazing and they became my default listening experience for decades. But when I got a really good turntable and went back to some of those old rock albums on vinyl I was like "Holy cow do those sound good!" Certainly not all - I tried one of my old favorite April Wine LPs recently (Harder Faster) and it was a disappointment - dull and woolly sounding and I preferred the CD. On the other hand some old Max Webster LPs sound absolutely spectacular - just huge, rich, punchy, clear and dynamic. Though on the other hand it's not like vinyl is some magic elixir - I bought an expensive entire box set of "re-mastered" Max Webster LPs and they were a sonic disappointment - thinner, exaggerated edgy high end, less rich, kind of coarse-sounding. I never listen to it, and prefer the CDs or the original LPs for sound.