I had no idea that in 2003 when I upgraded from a Michell Gyrodec / Rega arm to a Basis 2500 w/ Basis Vector 4 arm & an Art Audio Vinyl One Phono Amp that I would never buy another one! The Basis was amongst some of the very best available back then & the new version ( virtually unchanged) is still considered about as good as you get for under $20K. Two cartridges & belts later, still sounds excellent & now that I’m also streaming quite a bit & I’m past middle age, that will be it. It was a great purchase & I couldn’t be more pleased with it.
How often do you upgrade turntable ?
The table itself, not arm or cartridge.
And when you do, how far do you go ? Big steps, small steps ?
I got my Nottingham Spacedeck more than ten years ago and have no intention to replace it. I would have to jump high for the upgrade to make sense. One day perhaps.