One of the great things about Vinyl

@sokogear I just did some A/B listening with the dust cover both on and off of the turntable. It's a draw. No dust cover gives me slightly better imaging and wider soundstage. Dust cover gives me slightly better tonality. My test record -- a very old domestic EMI/Angel recording of Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado.

So leave it off!

Cd easier to swap, change songs. 
 

LPs’ play side 1 and 2.

sometimes change cds. 
 

don’t be lazy, if u. Want a different album, swap it after a full side

The trouble is, I'm a sucker when it comes to tone.

Same here.

There is something about that unique creation of an electrical signal from a mechanical movement that captures the imagination, perhaps? It still is a bit of a mystery why I can listen to vinyl all day long, but usually end up stopping the digital audio after about an hour, tops.