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Turntable purchase advice sought

Hey everyone,

Looking for a bit of advice on a possible turntable purchase. There is a Technics 1200 Mark II with many Dave Cawley modifications listed on the other site. I have used a VPI hw19 Mark 4 and a Rega P3 before and I'm now running an NAD c558 but I'm looking for something with a bit more bite to it. My cartridges go between a Hana ML MC and a Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony MM. 

I don't mind fussing with turntable setup and in fact love aligning cartridges and setting VTA and all that, but I've heard lots of good news about how durable the Technics is. Any thoughts would be appreciated. And thank you.

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lewm
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I agree with what boothroyd says.  In fact, Technics pulled more performance out of the SL1200 when they introduced the G series.  But as far as I know, the least expensive G series TT costs about $1700 retail.  So there is a gap in cost that might make the older TT worth the plunge/

lewm
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Asking price for the modified 1200 Mk2?  And specifically what mods were done?

Keep in mind that the older SL1200 series is quite different from the modern 1200G series, even though Technics made the bad decision to have them look nearly exactly alike.  If the cost of the modified SL1200 is anywhere near to the cost of a new G series, go with the latter, is my advice.

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