The VPI did look like the way to go eventually. I'll probably make the jump when I build up my collection to a descent size.

Excellent. Thanks for the cleaning advice. I've seen those nitty-gritty machines and they looked pretty slick. For now I'll probably whip up some of that concoction that enframed mentioned. I'll test it on my extensive collection of rare WHAM! 45's to make sure it's safe.

I've heard good things about that player. I actually just bought a pro-ject rm 5 and got it hooked up yesterday and yes the music hall and pro-jects are made in the same Czech factory. I hadn't really listened to any brand new and totally clean vinyl until yesterday and was blown away by the sound. ...

I picked up a NAD 325BEE a few weeks ago and so far have been really happy with it. I checked out a Cambridge integrated (can't remember the model number) and felt that the NAD had better handle on the low end. The Cambridge had a tendency to muddy things up a bit. I wanted to listen to a Rotel inte...