How often do you upgrade turntable ?

inna,

I too have a Nottingham Spacedeck. On its Ace Anna arm I have had a Koetsu RSP affixed for many years now. I tend to use my Linn LP12 most of the time now, but on the occasion I do put the Nottingham on the TT shelf, it is and remains wonderful. It is my wife's favorite table as she was in charge of using it when I underwent several joint replacement surgeries some years ago and had limited mobility. Last year I did purchase a new Rega P10 to see what all the hype is, and although I do like it (especially the RB1000 arm) my bliss is still with my older tables.

noromance, I agree - big steps.

awise1961, I really like the Spacedeck, mine has Space arm and Goldring 1042 cartridge. I was thinking about upgrading both the arm and the cartridge but decided to postpone it. It sounds good as it is.

I jumped directly from a ~$1,000 hobbyist belt drive transcription turntable to a Technics SP-10R because I'm in the practice of selling records I've bought and transferred and didn't want to have regrets about the transfers possibly having been better. It took some saving and a lot of sales of good records after buying the table, but it was 100% worth it. There have been other bumps in the road with cartridges, tonearms, and stylii, but overall very few of the transfers I've made since upgrading to the top table on the market have problems. The SP-10R is leaps and bounds above the Rek-O-Kut tables made by Esoteric Sound. Is a SP-10R that much better than something like a 1200-G? Probably not, but I highly value the speed control box's extreme accuracy.

mke246, now that's a huge jump. What tonearm and cartridge do you use ? And what is your phono stage ?

ELAC Miracord 630 (ca 1970)

Rega Planar 2

Rega Planar 3

Garrard 401 (currently in storage with broken tonearm and cart)

Technics 1210D Hana ML

Future? Another Technics w/mono cart