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Brian,

You make some valid points. I would also agree with you that if one cannot hear the difference in sound quality when a dust cover is attached to the plinth, raised or lowered, or not attached at all, then there are other things that are going on in the system preventing the presentation of sound quality.

(On a side note, I came to this page to read the review of the Andros PS 1.2. I have a 1.0 version of this phono stage)

I recently swapped out a Thorens TD 125 MKIII in a custom plinth for an original Luxman PD-444. I used the same Triplaner MK VII tonearm with a Lyra Kleos cartridge. The change was stunning. I was struggling with the Thorens, not able to get a well-defined bass and the imaging was centered between the speakers. The swap completely delivered a lot of what I was missing and this is a late '80's turntable replacing an early '70's table. I can only wonder what recent advances can do.

I'm now considering a custom dust cover like these:
http://stereosquares.com/product-category/type/turntable-dust-covers/

Many people have more and different experiences than I and that is an advantage of participating in these threads. I have heard "noise" is a side effect of dustcovers if you leave them on during playback. Try as I might I could not hear the difference with my Thorens/Ortofon combination, dustcover on or off. Perhaps as you move up the economic stratosphere it becomes more pronounced. I am concerned about the many moving and exposed parts of a turntable and the effect of dust. We all know dust is there, all you have to do is see how fast it accumulates. Compressed air is a good idea but doesn't it just move the dust around? I agree with your dilemma about what you do with a dustcover when you take it off, have some ideas but don't wish to write so long a post. Long and short of it, I believe a dustcover protects a turntable, should be removable and we should have somewhere convenient to put it while spinning records.

The Artisan Fidelity turntables do not come with a dustcover. An attached, hinged dustcover would contribute a lot of noise to the playback. You can find custom acrylic dustcovers on AudioGon. I use a can of compress air to keep my table clean. I don't have room for a dustcover that I have removed from my table. I have a Luxman PD-444 that came with a dustcover and the first thing I did was remove that and put it into storage.