Most people have their VTA set incorrectly. When it is properly set, the surface noise of an LP will be presented in a different plane from the music. Our sensory gating mechanisms can deal with this much more easily and tolerance of these abberations becomes much greater.
How Much Surface Noise is Too Much?
Just curious as to a range of opinions here. At what point is an LP unworthy of being played with your stylus/cartridge? Should one expect a used record store to give refunds on LPs which turn out to have more than a certain amount of surface noise/warpage and, if so, how much damage/defect should be criteria for getting one's money back? Any other thoughts along this line?