I think your choices are good ones, and as long as you can afford such a machine without hurting yourself, then I say god bless you, and go for it!
There's some tricks, and small roadblocks to using the TOTL Loricraft, and you might hit a snag using one, noting a couple of specific issues.
But there are a good number of folks here who have the same machine, and will be able to offer good advice, and their experiences, to guide you past such.
I reckon nothing's perfect. But this quality of machine is a work of art.
Doug Deacon is one who owns the same machine. I know he's written much here. Just search the archives on this forum for all posts pertaining to these machines.
That's one thing to love about this forum, the wealth of information on virtually everything audio, that can be accessed with a simple search.
Again, and I know the gurus here will not argue this very important point I make. Use high quality cleaners, and ultra pure water rinses, and you will enter the holy shrine of vinyl-nirvana!
There's some tricks, and small roadblocks to using the TOTL Loricraft, and you might hit a snag using one, noting a couple of specific issues.
But there are a good number of folks here who have the same machine, and will be able to offer good advice, and their experiences, to guide you past such.
I reckon nothing's perfect. But this quality of machine is a work of art.
Doug Deacon is one who owns the same machine. I know he's written much here. Just search the archives on this forum for all posts pertaining to these machines.
That's one thing to love about this forum, the wealth of information on virtually everything audio, that can be accessed with a simple search.
Again, and I know the gurus here will not argue this very important point I make. Use high quality cleaners, and ultra pure water rinses, and you will enter the holy shrine of vinyl-nirvana!