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Please help! - Buy VPI Classic or keep Technics 1200

I've got upgraditis and am thinking about treating myself to a new audio component for Christmas.  I currently have a Technics 1200 with a Denon 103R cartridge and a heavily modified Jolida JD9 phono stage.  Yes it sounds fantastic but I don't know what I am missing with a VPI Classic or similar table.  There isn't a place close to me where I can go for a demo.  

My question is for you experts - would there be a substantial sound improvement with a VPI Classic  or Classic 2 table if I were to invest the $4,000 in comparison to my Technics 1200?  Would it take the sound to a higher level?  (which is something that I am looking for).  I don't really care about aesthetics or bragging rights but what I do care about is performance and functionality.
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williewonka
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A friend has the 1200 fitted with an Audiomods series 5 tonearm and it sounds fantastic. Audiomods builds a special version just for the 1200 - just email Jeff for details
http://www.audiomods.co.uk/technicsarm.html

I also have the Audiomods Classic tonearm with the "frosted" finish and a "soundsmith’d" Denon DL103 on my TT and it sounds amazing!

What improved?
- details - tons of them + lots more timbre and venue details
- imaging - holographic and 3D
- dynamics, especially in the bass region, plucked strings and on percussion instruments
- clarity across the entire frequency range

Perhaps the Audiomods tonearm + soundsmith’d Denon would be a nice stocking stuffer? :-)

If you go for the Audiomods - get the one piece loom with Pure Harmony KLE Innovations RCA’s - it is worth every penny and brings out vast amounts of details

I won’t part with my TT now it has the Audiomods arm
http://image99.net/blog/files/category-turntable-mod0027s.html

HO, HO, HO.....
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