thank you all for the excellent advice; my sound has improved dramatically through cleaning the cartridge and adjusting the tracking force! I'm also looking into the anti-skating... Best, Jordan

Hi All, I regret that I'm not more familiar with this process... I have a BG RX that as of late hasn't sounded very desireable. Recordings are sounding distorted occasionally ("s"s are turning into "sh", etc). The unit has a MMC2 Cartridge that has been installed for probably about eight years and has gotten occasional use