Pat,

You can solve the record problem in a hurry. A nice little ProJect or Music Hall table complete with arm and cartridge and a trip to a few yard sales, thrift stores and flea markets. It always amazes me how many perfect condition records you can still find without even trying very hard. I have not collected in sometime (have over 5000) but I stopped on the way home at the local thrift store on the off chance of finding old tubes and in the record section, a mint original Julie London, a Mint original B. B. King, and 1st reissue double album or Chuck Berry. Also Some great R&R and 3 mint Shady Dogs (all of which I had but bought anyway). They are sitll out there guys, and the Outlaws new product and people like Music Hall and Project have made it very easy to get back into LPs. Enjoy the Music. Analog still rocks.