Russell my friend; of course we cannot afford, nor would we if we could. You know I have been mulling some things over and reading. I think low mass arms are superior in tracking and detail retrieval. As long as the bearings on the Black Widow are sound then I suggest you have no need to change, and why would you? Have you noticed a lack of anything in your vinyll playback? If I were rich do you think I would even have a stereo? I would be climbing Everest. Or working with the poor in Darfur. And listening to my MP3. Audio is a middle-class pursuit. Hell; we used to pay good money to get befuddled.