On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:05:35 GMT, Ben Bradley
wrote:

Don't forget a vacuum record cleaning machine, such as a Nitty
Gritty, starting, IIRC, in the $150 range. You WANT to clean every
record using such a device before playing/transcribing it. The way I
work is clean side 1, play side 1, clean side 2, play side 2. This
keeps each side as clean as possible before it gets played.

I'd even say, you MUST clean every record...

It's the most important thing to do, IMO.

Good fortune,

Chris Hornbeck
"Only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value."
-Milan Kundera, _The Unbearable Lightness of Being_