There's plenty of discussions on the analog forum that address your question. And of course a wide variety of opinions 😳
There are folks who believe that new is always better: new materials, new technologies, yadayadayada. And then there's those who think that not much new technologies have been developped involving vinyl playback. And if so, these are not necessarily superior to what was available when vinyl records were still mainstream.
You already have a nice vintage rig that can easily compete with any modern turntable up to $5k or more. Of course you can always do better and I'm sure you will get tons of suggestions. If you want to stick with vintage DD why not move up in the Kenwood range: the L-07D was their ultimate effort and by all accounts one of the best turntables ever made.
Same is true for Technics SP-10 mk3, Pioneer Exclusive P3 or Sony PS-X 9, to mention some other Japanese 'uber' tables from the '80's that can easily compete with anything being manufactured today. Such tables are most wanted, quite expensive and usually very hard to find (especially the Kenwood). But they're still bargains compared to 'modern' tables that cost a small fortune to get the same level of performance.
There are folks who believe that new is always better: new materials, new technologies, yadayadayada. And then there's those who think that not much new technologies have been developped involving vinyl playback. And if so, these are not necessarily superior to what was available when vinyl records were still mainstream.
You already have a nice vintage rig that can easily compete with any modern turntable up to $5k or more. Of course you can always do better and I'm sure you will get tons of suggestions. If you want to stick with vintage DD why not move up in the Kenwood range: the L-07D was their ultimate effort and by all accounts one of the best turntables ever made.
Same is true for Technics SP-10 mk3, Pioneer Exclusive P3 or Sony PS-X 9, to mention some other Japanese 'uber' tables from the '80's that can easily compete with anything being manufactured today. Such tables are most wanted, quite expensive and usually very hard to find (especially the Kenwood). But they're still bargains compared to 'modern' tables that cost a small fortune to get the same level of performance.