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The Lifespan of an LP?

How many times can one play a new vinyl lp before the sound noticeably degrades? For the purpose of the exercise, assume one takes decent care of the record and has a properly set up and maintained, good quality deck and stylus. My system has been taking quantum leaps in quality over the last three years and I find myself buying more mint and near-mint vintage  records on Discogs and audiophile remastered records from MoFi etc. Thanks!
heilbron
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unreceivedogma
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When cared for properly, likely far longer than your lifespan. 
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mg16
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 I'm 69 years old.
I bought the "Best of the Animals in 1965".
It still sounds good now when I play it on my LP12.
We had a Magnavox console stereo growing up. Luckily, it wasn't trashed with that old heavy tonearm, and cartridge.
inna
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Don't play your most valuable records at all. Put the music on tape and leave the records alone. Then they will last maybe for centuries.
tuberculin
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@millercarbonThe sage of Agon. You can always count on him to explain the basics, because that's all that he know.
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millercarbon
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@millercarbon, The sage of Agon.

You said it. Not me. Does have kind of a ring to it. Just might catch on. If it does, thanks!
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