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Mastering quality has to be something to take into consideration. I think it's where the popular big label stuff can fall down making it sound worse than digital. There are a few albums where I've felt the vinyl was a bit of a step back from the digital version. I do buy CD's of releases I think sound fine streaming. Also albums that are quiet or have a lot of quiet passages are going to need to be stellar pressings.
Airhead
Apart from physical quality issues (cracks & pops, scratches, warped vinyl) there's also the loudness disease affecting the quality of the vinyl experience.
A friend of mine showed me this site where you can check how much the levels have been messed with when recording:
https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=kyuss&album=