E, your system, based on the dozens of photos you have published here, sits under the sill of a very large bay window and is surrounded by chotchkies. It has been my observation (unscientific) that windows cause dust, either by their effect on air flow (cooling air that contacts the window which then falls carrying dust particles with it) or some other arcane reason. And bay windows would cause the circulation of more dust than would a more typical smaller size window. And chotchkies accumulate dust. So I don’t wonder that you have dust. But I don’t have a noticeable problem. My living room system is well away from windows, and my second system in our finished basement is really dust free even moreso. The only concession to dust protection that I make is to cover my platter(s) with lucite discs the size of an LP that protect the platter only, when the tt is not in use. My tonearms sit entirely outside any dust cover. You’re going to clean your stylus tip anyway, right? I am glad we all three agree not to use a dust cover during play. Some do.
