Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived?

No . When CD’s first came out I purchased a few & a decent player. I was so disappointed in the sound, I waited a few years before I tried the format again.

I sure did. Got rid of so many I wish I hadn't, but still have a good many vintage LP's from the 70's. 

No. I didn't adopt CD's until ~10 years after arrival - when it became more difficult to find LPs.  Then I bought used LPs and CDs - played both.

I couldn’t wait to ditch vinyl even as a college student in the mid seventies.  I had my fill of warped crappy noisy LPs.

  The problem was when CDs came out I was starting medical school and had no disposable income.  I had a cassette deck but prerecorded cassettes were an awful alternative.  My hand was forced when a house flood my intern year trashed my LPs.  LPs had disappeared from record stores.I bought a CDP and immediately was entranced by the silent backgrounds and enhanced dynamic range.  The problem was that CDs were expensive.  There were no budget labels, No streaming.  No second hand shops selling either LPs or CDs.  I could afford very few CDs and spent several years listening to the radio as my primary source 

I doubled down on vinyl - though I did buy CDs when a favorite artist didn't come out in vinyl. So, for awhile (late 80's into the 2000's), we were in a vinyl desert, and to hear beloved artists new work, I had to get the CD.  I do have over a thousand CDs - but many times that in vinyl. I try to be open to the music in whatever format it comes. I have my system able to competently play all formats. But I have prioritized making my vinyl playback the way I want it. 

David