Will a few months of using a cheap turntable really ruin my vinyls? (Beginner question)
I recently got into the world of vinyls and I'm super excited for it, but don't really have a lot of knowledge on this area. However, I am a professional musician, so I really appreciate quality and long durability on anything related to music.
So my friends, with their good heart and intentions, bought a turntable for me, my first turntable... And it's one of those 50$ low range turntables in Amazon. It's the RetroLife R609, and it's a "all in one" turntable, with a small amplifier which sounds absolutely terrible (of course I will listen to my vinyls with other equipment). And the first thing I read online is.... Never never never ever buy one of those "all in one", it's the typical beginner mistake.
It has a ruby stylus, which from what I've learned should be diamond instead, and I've also read that the tracking force in this kind of turntables is a bit stronger than it should or something like that? I'm not really sure about how that should work, I've been into this for a couple days only.
The thing is that now it's too late to return it, and also I don't wanna make my friends feel absolutely stupid about this because they didn't research enough. So my question is: if I use this turntable for a year or so, and then upgrade to a better one (from Audio Technica for example), will this turntable have damaged significantly my vinyls? Because technically it seems that yes, it will, but I don't know, maybe a few months won't really make a difference and I shouldn't go crazy with this?
Thank you for your advice, dear audiophile friends!