[bryantm3]

well, it's not skipping or anything (in fact it's not skipping at all, even less than when i had the stanton), and the tonearm isn't bending down to touch the record or anything, whereas before it was bending upwards to touch the record. so maybe i'll just keep it that way. the brush included is to brush off the needle, right? i'm afraid i'm tearing it up, those bristles are kind of tough.