Frenchmon,

I agree with you on the sound and the new buying direction. I have been exclusively buying vinyl for the past couple of months (to the disgust of my friends who want to burn my purchases but realize they can't).

I got tired of burning, downloading, and file swapping: it just became all to impersonal. I thought about how music when growing up was such an event. I have always bought a lot music ever since I was 10 years old, and I loved that feeling of buying a new album. That, in some way, has been lost when my friends give me 3 gigs worth of music and half of songs come out label "Track 1 - 50".

Plus, I recently required some Mono Lp's that I an diggin that you can't not get on CD.

Frenchmon, I spend a lot time cleaning records, because I have a lot of good luck at the thrift stores ( where I have found all my Mono purchases, at record shop they would be astronomical) I feel you on the need to clean those records.

Have fun!!! and watch the bank account !!