Dear @robob : " rehashed Micro Seiki 8000 ", well the man behind your TD III was in MS and take a look of one of the 8000 models. Yes maybe with a new advanced engineering but at the end we can know only if we can test both TT’s with with all the same surrounded items. It's almost imposible to say for sure if that new engineering really improved its quality performance levels over the one in this link.
This 8000 appears time to time on sale in Japan:
http://www.thevintageknob.org/micro_seiki-SX-8000_II.html
Btw, congratulations for your new TT.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.