Here's an article from Audiojunkies that would have been a staple of audiophile magazines up until CDs replaced vinyl practically overnight. CDs were easy to use, durable and you didn't have to be a turntable geek anymore. Well plus ca change and don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till its gone. Vinyl is back in a big way and suddenly it's hip to know turntables again.
I've dusted off my old Panasonic Technics SL-D2 direct drive for my new copy of Dark Side of the Moon. Awesome. Get vinyl kids. You don't know what you've been missing.