I keep wondering why the resurgence of vinyl. Maybe my hearing went a long time ago or I was listening to music on cheap systems that couldn't show me the difference.
Having battled vinyl damage as a DJ and having babied 45s and 33s against warping, transit, temperature and handling damage, I rejoiced to have CDs that were smaller, much more damage-proof, easier to transport and store, and which have greater capacity for more music per disc. It soon became apparent that they could be digitally transferred much more easily than LPs for portability on personal devices as well.
I keep wondering how much of this vinyl craze is pure nostalgia, now much is a compulsion to play with technical toys, how much is actually a difference in sound reproduction, and how much is psycho-acoustics.
Meanwhile, my 40-year-old turntable is still connected to a pretty good (for its generation) Sony receiver that is old enough that it has properly EQ'd turntable inputs, and I'll bet I'm not the only one here. I have an 8-foot long cabinet of LP records, but I honestly can't remember the last time I played one.
Maybe I'll have to try it and see if that turntable still works.
But inna meantime, if Fender can make a buck selling techy-looking turntables to those convinced they should have the latest "neat-o jet" turntable, more power to them.