Thanks, all my LPs are pristine and do sound very good except for the ones that were pressed slightly off centre, as used to happen sometimes.  And when you took them back to the shop and they played them and said, "what's your problem...?"  mainly because there were no scratches etc and the old dear in the shop couldn't hear any 'wow' it used to annoy me endlessly :-(  So I do look after my LPs and CDs but the CDs are much easier to rip to MP3s, which is what we all listen to these days anyway, isn't it ?  :-)  Rgds