Stringreen, Unless you buy only brand new LPs and your collection consists solely of LPs you bought new over the years, I am astonished to learn that you "see no need" to clean LPs. Maybe the operative word is "carefully". If you buy used LPs, try playing one before vs after a good cleaning with a competent machine of any kind. If you do that, you will appreciate the need for it. (Actually, even some brand new LPs benefit from a cleaning.)
Another way in which I appreciate the need for cleaning is to look at the effluent from the tank in my VPI HW17, the fluid containing debris and dirt that has been sucked off of used LPs, is filthy.
Another way in which I appreciate the need for cleaning is to look at the effluent from the tank in my VPI HW17, the fluid containing debris and dirt that has been sucked off of used LPs, is filthy.