raymonda - Ok, now I see where our applications differ. Most of my LPs are record show and garage sale finds, usually a buck to 3 bucks apiece. So, as you can imagine, they are often in pretty bad shape. With decent new or mint LPs, your method makes a lot of sense (if you don't despise computers like I do). But for me, the amount of work required to clean up a noisy LP would take a really long time.
I know there is no free lunch, but, at least in the demo I heard, the click removal of the Sugarcube seemed completely transparent. This is not a standard filter, but an algorythm-based program. It is also adjustable, on the fly, and you can listen to only the signal being filtered out. If there is no music signal in this disgarded portion of the signal, I think it is safe to say that no music is being lost. We'll see. Of course I will post my impressions of the SC-2 here when (or if) I get mine.