Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment?

When I first got back into vinyl I was doing a lot of thrift store picking. I paid $1 for the majority of my collection(that wasn't inherited.) I eventually built my own ultrasonic cleaner that is similar to the one in the above link. It cleans 3 at a time. I then rinse in distilled water, vacuum them and then I have a piece of lab equipment that removes static. The process is a pain. I have found that the Spin Clean actually does a fantastic job for records that aren't in bad shape. I start there now and if it needs more, I go to the ultrasonic. My digital front end sounds so good these days that I find myself listening to vinyl less and less.

I don’t collect noisy LPs. 

I have a few. I don’t listen to them. 

Sometimes some LPs that I buy develop pops right away, even though they go straight back into their inner archival sleeve after playing. I’ve never understood why that is so.

I clean them in the sink, with bi-directional sweeps and a thorough rinse with distilled water. then I apply CEDAR noise reduction to them. got the CEDAR units for a song on Ebay a few decades back. nothing else works better for eliminating clicks and crackle on old records.

Usually I do not pick up records at garage sales and swap meets. However, last week I was at the local swap meet and sure enough a vendor had two records I was interested in. The first was a M&K D to D disc of Earl Hines 'Fatha'. The second was a Nautilus Master of Joan Baez ' Diamonds and Rust'. Both had sleeves that looked VG+, with the vinyl looking like VG++ to M-. I bought both for a good price, US cleaned both and to my surprise the M&K was actually better sounding than VG++..with no noise at all!  The Nautilus was another story, because even though it looks M- to VG++ it has noise in various areas. Not enough to say it is not a usable copy, but enough to make me wish i had passed on this copy. I guess you just never know for sure.