When adjusted for inflation, new release vinyl costs about the same it did in the 80s.

Buying on Bandcamp often gets you the LP plus FLAC (sometimes hi res), plus the artist gets a sizable chunk of the revenue.

I got to hear the ML setup in their factory. All McIntosh electronics, IIRC, and their top of the line speakers. They let me play my Talk Talk Spirit of Eden SACD and Mark Hollis CD on the system.

They sound good on my Vistas and ML sub, but it will never sound that good again.