Hey guys, sorry for the late followup. At Dan's suggestion, I went with the MC14 with the adjustable stroke. It's a super solid machine. I'm not sure I like it as much as the neotat for cartridges (I may just need to play with it more--it might be the dampening that's throwing me), but for regular needles it's a swell machine and has been a blast to use for anything. I've been settling on the shortest stroke for a while, but I'm still playing with it. Thanks everyone for their suggestions.