Oh gosh when I was into vinyl, just after the demise of the dinosaurs, I remember having to protect my children from flying pieces of vinyl while listening.
We used to call these turntables "snow plows" because of the vinyl wearing down the record starting at the first play. OMG...we made fun of this but there were no
real alternatives except for early FM stereo broadcasts! Ha!
Anti-static mats, DiscWashers, Polonium anti static brushes, Static ion guns!, Setting up that cartridge, anti-skate, wow, rumble, tics and pops, speed synchronization, dropping that tonearm on a record accidently and watching a speaker cone go flying across the room or startling one's wife into a heart attack!.
Buying a Phase Linear 1000 ( i think) to remove or mask the tics and pops, something called an Noise Reduction System ?
"Dynamic Range Recovery System"...Oh My! And I did buy one of these...yup I did!
Oh my do I miss all this.....oh I used to buy more than one copy of a record, just to have one that was pristine...
Those were the real good ole days!!
Big Smile here!
Enjoy the music
Alex