How good is the Technics 1200 Mk2 with all the KAb upgrades?


Guys while cleaning out my back room I found a new tech 1200 mk.2 that I bought years ago when kids were young- I forgot I even had it!!- It has pretty much all the KAB upgrades- How good a table is this compared to todays table- In other words how much would I need to spend to equal this table
If I keep it what upgrades would you recommend- thanks
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Showing 1 response by pintree

Hi Guys,
i have enjoyed all of the texts on this forum so I decided to chime in.
i have a Technics SL 1200 mk5 table that I got from KAB Audio about five years ago.
 Kevin had sent it to somewhere in Europe for updating  and I bought it within weeks after he got it back. 
 It has the KAB paddle mod , power supply and runs great. The turntable matt is an Achromat . The arm is the original arm rewired with Cardas wire and I am running it with an Audio Technica  AT33Sa moving coil  cartridge , fluid damper and Isonoe feet that I installed. The tt sits on a Symposium Audio 3 inch thick platform . 
 This table sounds terrific to me.
My other equipment consists of Herron Audio preamp, and Herron audio mono amps, 
i have read that some feel that the only cartridges that should be used on this table and arm should be MM but I am having excellent results with the Technics moving coil. 
This is the most musical system that I have ever had.
Violin