A replacement stylus, Jico or SAS for the Shure would let you know your limit of what you have now. You may not find the tables you mentioned to be that much of an improvement. I went down a similar road. Be careful of going LOMC, matching your cartridge specs. to your stage is paramount.
Vintage Technics SL-1000A vs Pro-Ject Debut or Exp
I'm the original owner of a stock Technics SL-1100A, currently with a 25 yr old Shure V15 V-MR cartridge. I'm just dragging it back out after years of storage to revisit my LP collection. It seems to work fine and is in good repair.
I'd be interested in making some reasonable upgrades to this turntable, and would like your thoughts on those, but I'd also like to get a better idea of how good this table really is or can be in comparison/rank with current tables like the Pro-Ject Debut/Expression lines and similarly priced new tables.
Has table technology advanced to the point where I'd be better off buying new, or would I be better off doing some upgrades to the old Technics?
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj13/zacamomusic/HiFi/SL1100A.jpg
Thanks
Geo815
Technics SL-1100A
Cambridge Azur 640P
Cary SLI-80 F1 Integrated
Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CD Player
Triangle Celius ES Speakers
I'd be interested in making some reasonable upgrades to this turntable, and would like your thoughts on those, but I'd also like to get a better idea of how good this table really is or can be in comparison/rank with current tables like the Pro-Ject Debut/Expression lines and similarly priced new tables.
Has table technology advanced to the point where I'd be better off buying new, or would I be better off doing some upgrades to the old Technics?
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj13/zacamomusic/HiFi/SL1100A.jpg
Thanks
Geo815
Technics SL-1100A
Cambridge Azur 640P
Cary SLI-80 F1 Integrated
Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CD Player
Triangle Celius ES Speakers