thank you all so much for the fast replies!!! i knew i came to the right place.

i got my first b@o TT off ebay a month or so back. i know nothing about them other than every one i have heard sounded awsome even on low to mid fi rigs. mine came with a bare aluminum platter with the strobe marks on it. i cant believe that you would put an lp directly on that, correct? my TT has a round black 45 adapter on the spindle that appears