i used to try to find it on discogs before opening, but then it just felt like a spoiler if i’d get something cool or not. now i am trying to open, appreciate everything, add to database, then listen, reading reviews as a last step because i don’t want anyone else’s opinion of a pressing influencing my feelings of it
I usually only get vinyls of albums I already love, or artists I like. Some of them have greater depth on vinyl but most sound on par with the cd. I almost never read reviews.