Xenonman, thanks for the Needledoctor info. The 1st record i tried playing was Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman and i couldn't believe how good it sounded. Had no idea what the caretridge would be like but there was no crackling or noise. Found an old box with cleaning stuff for records and reel to reel with what looks to be a spare cartridge(price was still on it $27.00 IN 1974). The TT will need some work. Can't get the switch to move from 33 to 45 for example(that doesn't bother me because i'm not real interested in hearing wife's Monkeys 45's from when she was a kid). I'm back at my mother in laws again and heading in to the basement to see if I can locate wife's old records and more importantly...find that old TEAC reel to reel to see what shape it's in.