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Time to upgrade my turntable?

I'm thinking about getting a new turntable to replace my 4 year old Pro-ject Debut Carbon with an acrylic platter and 2M Blue cartridge (with about 600 hours on it). My budget right now is about $1000 but would consider spending a bit more for right turntable. Currently my system consists of a Sansui B-2101 2 amp (200 wpc) powering ADS L1290 speakers (the speakers will be upgraded shortly to ADS L1590's when I find and replace a couple drivers). I am using a Yamaha DSP A1 as the preamp (I like the DSP sound fields that imitate jazz clubs and concert halls). I do have the matching Sansui C-2101 preamp but it is not currently in line.  I also use a DBX 3BX DS impact restorer and expander/compressor. 

I listen to classical music and jazz.

What would you suggest? I might prefer to stay within the Pro-ject line as I could reuse the acrylic platter (if one is not provided with the recommended turntable). Perhaps the debut pro or X1?
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chakster
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I wouldn't think that a 4 yr old turntable and a cartridge with 600 hours would be "ruining his records".
 

Read about life span of Elliptical tip first, comment after. 
tomic601's avatar
tomic601
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IF was the logic gate…..
fuzztone's avatar
fuzztone
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No.
Do the spring thing and pickup a AT VM540 ML MM.
Save the rest.
$1K on a TT swap is a waste from where you’re at.
As a previous post stated "It’s all about the stylus".
And how it rides the groove highlighting VTA.
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ozzy62
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Read about life span of Elliptical tip first, comment after.

Not quite sure who made you the forum patrol, but I’ll comment when I like. I’m not some wet behind the ears noob. If it bothers you, move on when you see my name…….
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artemus_5
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The biggest upgrade you could make would be to ditch all of that signal processing for a good two channel integrated amp. A lot of newbies think they like the gimmicky sound fields, but once you’ve heard two channel done right, you won’t worry about all that hokey stuff.
+1 @ozzy62
This is my thinking as well after looking at your system. Forget the TT & get a proper preamp. If you like the DSP over your Sansui C-2101 preamp its a good indication that the caps (among other things) are dried up. IF the caps haven’t been replaced in the amp, get it recapped as well. As others have said, your existing TT matches the system. New caps in amp and new/used preamp will improve that TT a lot.

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