Advantage of Rega Motor Upgrade

I forgot to mention that I have damped the motor, and I did this by getting 1/2 inch width lengths of "rope" elastic rubber from a rubber store,gluing a length together with a powerful rubber adhesive called "Loctite" making a ring.I then snugly fit one at the top and one at the bottom of the Rega motor avoiding the wiring.It is super quiet I cannot hear any noise and it did not effect the way the motor runs,I am right on speed at 331/3 rpm.There is another mod for the motor sold through English ebay.It is called the bearing mod and you drill a hole in the Rega motor bottom plate to fit a brass well in which sits a ball-bearing.The motor spindle the runs on tp of the ball-bearing yielding added stability and quietness and less wear.These are alternatives to getting the upgrade,you could try the rubber mod on the new motor though for added damping as it is now attached to the plinth,no harm in trying one ring around the bottom of the motor at least.You can make a rubber ring for the edge of the glass platter too.These are sold on English ebay as well.

Just scepticism on my part as I am beginning to think I have put a bit of money into this Planar 2(Origin weight mod,Incognito rewire,damping etc)and I can't make a silk purse.... I had previously seen on Vinyl Asylum some posts that this motor upgrade was not a huge leap up for various reasons,now the last few I have seen here and on the other forum are singing the new motor's praises.With my own damping(2 Rubber rings,high and low) I think I could have adressed some physical issues and I do use conditioning,so am I going to notice it.I could do the bearing mod for 7 pounds and be really smiling instead of forking out $155 more.I am going to add a VTA adjustment which should really make a difference.Why is the new motor great?