Jeff, where can we see listed the contents of your best system?
Back on page three is where I listed my reference system...
We have procured another stock SL1200 and are going to attempt to have all of the KAB mods
(and perhaps a few others) done over the next six months.
I noticed by the time you get all done with them, you are looking at about $1600+ for the table.
Granted thats a lot of dough for an SL1200 (I wonder if you'd be better off getting an SP10 at that
point... but it is not a bad way to work up to a decent record playing machine. We did a similar
series of upgrades to a Rega P25 last year with very favorable results. The P25 (that I bought used
for 600) with a thousand dollars worth of upgrades sounded way better than what we started with
and though not the equal of say, a P9, was totally on par with a new P5 that is in the 2500 range.
The biggest reason for this is that my labor was free. That's a cost a mfr has to add to things,
so by tweeking an SL1200, I could see the end result being competitive with a more expensive
table. How much more, we'll be sure to investigate.
I also like the idea of modding something like that on a proven path because just saying "why not
just go buy a 2000 dollar table" is missing the point. No offense, but not everyone can just go shell
out 2k for a table and not everyone can get it past their wife/girlfriend/significant other.
But they can get an innocent looking SL1200 or used P25 in the door for 5-600.
I'm all for getting better sound and if modding out something a little less expensive will do it,
I'm cool with that.
So we will keep investigating and I even have a line on an SP10 mk 2. I have a freind that has
re done one on a custom pliinth with the SME 312 arm, so we'll see how that shakes out.
Way more than one way to skin the cat!
