Grinding dust into the surface of your records is a destructive habit.
Think about it chakster. You are playing your records at a pressure of 52 thousand psi generating thousands of volts of static electricity which draws dust like a magnet from as much as a foot away during the process. Then you spend money on a record cleaning device which will temporarily remove whatever dust is on the record but never returning it to like new condition and you start the whole process over. All because you were to cheap to buy a dust cover listening to other people who say dust covers ruin the sound because they are too cheap to buy a dust cover. Wonderful.
Dust covers were considered mandatory back in the day not only to protect records but also to keep dust out of delicate tonearms. Then manufacturers started coming out with wild and crazy shapes for turntables to make them look "cooler" because we all know that cool looking equipment sounds better. Unfortunately, it made fitting dust covers difficult and more expensive. So, they didn't instead preferring to generate the myth that dust covers sound bad. Like so many obedient free thinkers a large percentage of the audiophile community bought it and we have been destroying billions of records ever since. At least we are supporting the hard workers in the retipping and record cleaning industries.
Think about it chakster. You are playing your records at a pressure of 52 thousand psi generating thousands of volts of static electricity which draws dust like a magnet from as much as a foot away during the process. Then you spend money on a record cleaning device which will temporarily remove whatever dust is on the record but never returning it to like new condition and you start the whole process over. All because you were to cheap to buy a dust cover listening to other people who say dust covers ruin the sound because they are too cheap to buy a dust cover. Wonderful.
Dust covers were considered mandatory back in the day not only to protect records but also to keep dust out of delicate tonearms. Then manufacturers started coming out with wild and crazy shapes for turntables to make them look "cooler" because we all know that cool looking equipment sounds better. Unfortunately, it made fitting dust covers difficult and more expensive. So, they didn't instead preferring to generate the myth that dust covers sound bad. Like so many obedient free thinkers a large percentage of the audiophile community bought it and we have been destroying billions of records ever since. At least we are supporting the hard workers in the retipping and record cleaning industries.