Playable LPs


For those of you who have very large collections of LPs, what percentage of them would you say sound good enough to justify the expense of your analog rig?

P.S. I have no agenda here.  Just curious.

rvpiano

90-95%
there are some that go back to my college days or just beyond that I wouldn’t play anymore but the overwhelming majority of my vinyl is in good shape. I buy new or very high-quality used. When I buy used, I look for relatively clean copies of early pressings, most are VG+ or NM. I give everything I buy a good cleaning before playing, even the new ones, use high-quality inner sleeves and take good care of my collection generally. I love streaming for the convenience and variety and my digital rig sounds great. But not quite the same level as a really good pressing of my favorite music

I am an outlier here in that I use my analog for LPs that were never digitalized or were poorly digitized.  So I have about 50 LPs, the majority of which are at least 50 years old.  Many of them are unplayable, but that was a known risk when I purchased them