Here's my wonderful Dual 1229 It's rocking a Shure V15 Type III cartridge outfitted with a JICO SAS stylus. This turntable comes with a pretty cool scroe story, don't know if you folks would like to hear it though.

Sure, here's a picture of it before a cleaning and a ****load of Deoxit:

I know this isn't a solution to your immediate problem, but have you ever tried DXtory? The video quality is superior and it barely affects your FPS.

I've got an old Kenwood KA-7002; she's got these beautiful machined knobs and a very clean design. The sound is pretty great, considering the price point in its day, and there's a crapload of inputs. I have some old Nova 8s hooked up to it, but have never really tested out my HD 280s on it (not...