stephen: most of the forum readers must skip the blog. i expected to see major blood spilled over this picture and comment. in fact, i thought you were actually being a little bit of an agent provocateur by posting it. i would love to hear a demo of this machine. some people easily spend $2,000 on a new phono cart to get an improvement, and if the difference is as noticible as you and others report, i could see how some could be sold.