I was about to give up on vinyl altogether and concentrate on cds but I thought I would have one last go at the AT95 HE and Technics SL 1200mk2 so i re aligned it for about the tenth flippin time and this time set the tracking force to 1.75 and the bias to 1.5, played some records and bingo! It now plays cleanly to the very end and seems to sound fuller with tighter bass. If that makes sense? Anyway a great improvement. Kind regards Rich.