The sheer effort, tedium, and hassle make that a total deal-breaker for me. If I didn’t want the whole experience of owning and playing a record I’d just take out a music streaming subscription.
Well, an LP in good condition doesn't take long to check and repair *if* any repair is needed. Just play the recording and enjoy listening, making a note of where any clicks manifest. Then a few mins to fix them. Job done. No more work, easier to play. Also no worry that a later playing might cause damage and spoil the disc.
And some old LPs can be unobtaineum in good condition. e.g. some of the ancient odd-label Jazz band ones of radio concerts. Which have good jazz because live.
Add in, once you've done this for *hundreds* of LPs, you have lots to choose from at the click of a mouse as your playlist, knowing they are all 'clean'. Then combined with CD rips, etc, on storage as files.
But I admid that for me playing an LP was never an 'experience'. More often a PITA because of the flaws - clicks and bangs - so many had from new. Real curse if you like 'Classical' music in particular, and worst for EMI.
A short time ago one of the old LPs I 'rescued' was an Organ recital made at the RFH with its original organ by a fairly 'flowery' organist. Really lovely 'dramatic' sound and performance. But cursed with lots of came-with-it pops and clicks. (EMI of course.) Cleaned up, sounds lovely. So I can enjoy it now much more than I did back when I bought it!
Above said, also easy to generate a HP-filtered copy which makes audible clicks stand out on screen. Put it parallel to the original in Audacity's display to speed up finding clicks, and 'repair's yer uncle. 8-}
One nice thing about having files stored is that you can then quickly search for all the files by a given artist, etc, and get a list. Then play the ones you want without having to spend longer time looking for where you put something.
Short version: I think we differ on this.
