The stores that will play a record for you are providing a service so that you can check out the tracks on the album and get an overall sense of its condition. Not for you to sit back and enjoy audiophile sound.
And yes I would be afraid to play an expensive LP using the stylus on their "record player." The setups in these stores don't deserve to be called turntables.
And yes I would be afraid to play an expensive LP using the stylus on their "record player." The setups in these stores don't deserve to be called turntables.