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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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wolfie62
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Shure answered all of this debate, definitively, hands down, with its record wear/stylus wear study in 1954.

Go read it. It has never been disproven. It’s only been proven true and it’s findings reinforced over the last 67 years.

Duh!!!
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