-- I mentioned between 10 and 20% on average (rate of defective records) John because from extensive reading on the matter it seems to be about just right.
* If I purchase an album for let say $40 or $50 + shipping, I would like to get 100% satisfaction, each time.
The shipping fee to return a defective one, plus the time to do it is not for me. That is one of the reasons analog albums are less and less prominent now in my life. And 2nd-hand ones for a buck or so each require extensive cleaning and declogging. ...Which is quite demanding in my simple life.
Yeah, I know, analog 'euphony' with a fair rate of defective records comes with the territory, and it is simply part of the extensive rituals.
Perhaps in my older days (80s) I'll buy a Linn LP12 and simply play the albums I now have.
But I won't be getting a $10,000 TT with a $5,000 Cart and a $5,000 Tonearm and buying new remastered LPs at $50 a pop.
...Or I might just have high rez audio files stored in my hard drives anyway and play them through a digital music server or a Universal player like the Oppo BDP-105 (115-125) for example. ...And even use that Oppo player as my preamp. :b