Many thanks, Gurney. Now that I have the player for them, I prefer to keep my LPs as they are: I really have a nostalgic soft spot for so many of them. & at my time of life, for the amount of play I'd get out of them in my few remaining years, it's probably not worth the investment. But I appreciate the helpful suggestion, which I am sure will be of much help to others reading this thread.

~M~