Great room. Love the Ascendos and the turntable. With VAC and reel to reel--it is a beautifully thought out system. Clearly, you love vinyl like I do and are willing to spend to get the best. Incidentally, I used to have the same record brush as you and moved up to the Audioquest antistatic record brush for $30. It truly is anti-static and much better at brushing the records clean and not attracting dust as the record plays. A no brainer. Check it out. And once again, congrats on one of the best systems on Audiogon.