Vinyl recordings - best methods

Bondmanp - thanks, and agree - common experience - diamonds are not forever. I also had a Thorens. On my Hanss T30 I can have two arms, and I consider it, although part of my thinking is, why do I need two arms, one is enough, I will choose the best one anyway. The best arm and cart combo. Why do I need more. And to record, I would use the best combo, not the next best. But your experience is maybe different?

@o_holter - Horses for courses, as they say.  I find my Ortofon is plenty good for most rock and pop recordings.  I use the Denon for better recordings, classical and well-recorded jazz.  I save the wear on the Denon when the quality of the LP isn't so great, and of course, I have a spare in case there are any problems with one or the other.  Believe it or not, I got two wands initially during my mix tape days in the 80's, when I wanted one wand with a Stanton cartridge for back-queuing, and another one for spinning vinyl or dubbing to cassette tape.  Good times...good times. 

@bondmanp - yes, different ways.
What Ortofon and Denon do you use? I might have considered a better cartridge before doing a lot of vinyl recording.
Stanton for back-queuing - can you explain?
Thanks