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The Lifespan of an LP?

How many times can one play a new vinyl lp before the sound noticeably degrades? For the purpose of the exercise, assume one takes decent care of the record and has a properly set up and maintained, good quality deck and stylus. My system has been taking quantum leaps in quality over the last three years and I find myself buying more mint and near-mint vintage  records on Discogs and audiophile remastered records from MoFi etc. Thanks!
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inna
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I heard it is not a good idea to play a record more often than once a day. They say it needs time to 'recover', whatever it is.
inna
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Don't play your most valuable records at all. Put the music on tape and leave the records alone. Then they will last maybe for centuries.
inna
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I use Last record preservative. Don't know about vinyl wear but records sound a touch better after treatment. Last has been proven to be a good stuff, I heard.
inna
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Right, vinyl is not solid, stylus disturbs it and damages it a little, I suppose. 
inna
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Hmm, so it remains a kind of hypothesis.
I listen to some records often enough but not every day or every other day. I also clean them after 10-15 plays. For background music I listen to Nakamichi tape deck.
inna
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I also use LAST tape head preservative before playing each cassette. Takes only a few seconds to apply. Great stuff. Again, slightly better sound and most important - virtually no wear of the reproduction head. Of course, I also clean the head every 10 hours of play or so.
8 molecule deep, LAST vinyl preservative. Trust Walter Davis of LAST, he knows the way.
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