Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other

I have heard many high end tables, and I ended up on the AMG Viella V12 in my system. It sounds incredible. I have a Lyra Etna cartridge and all Boulder electronics. I’m not sure I’d be able to get a better sound for less than 100k and I love the AMG. So we’ll made, feels like a tank. 

@terry9 , the only real air bearing turntable out there is the big Kuzma. All the others use an air thrust system. You can achieve pretty much the same result with opposing magnets at much less expense. Examples are the Clearaudio tables and some Sotas. I personally do not like turntables with outboard motors and tonearms. Particularly the tonearm should be solidly mounted to the same fixture as the platter. 

@rauliruegas , Hey Raul, what do you think of the STST Motus II turntable? I'm pretty sure I know what chakster would say. You are not so predictable;)

Just heard a Kuzma Stabi R with 4POINT9 combo at dealers and just a wonderful combo. Images were focused and pinpoint and a very expansive soundstage. Above my budget sad to say.

As a turntable guy, I could be happy with any of the three you’ve listed.

The weak link of the Technics is (as others have stated) their tonearms and record mats. These are areas of big gains, especially if using modern MC cartridges.

The AMG, while beautifully executed, will most likely require an HRS Platform or suitable isolation to perform its best. Solely mass damped & rigidly coupled.

The SME are truly finished products requiring no additional updates or tweaks. Most recently even the tonearm signal cables have been upgraded to Crystal Cable which is electrically wired correctly for all preamps including the recent trend of transimpedance. Their tonearms are sublime. The suspended models from the M15 up even have captive tungsten bearings installed in their footers should any type of boutique platform be utilized they can be revealed.

High performance turntables can be thought of as race cars in that they will only perform at their potential when properly set up. Most qualified installers (without a sell agenda) will be happy to set up any new SME due to a lack of potential surprises other than the sound of the finished product.

Dear @drbond  :I suggested the SME 30 Anniversary TT or from SME the 15A with not a 12" tonearm but a shorter one ( here in the link you can read why not the 12". ).

In reality air bearing is a very old TT kind of designs that in theory and for the audiophiles could means something really as a " dream design " but it's not exactly that way. SME has nothing to envy against those air bearing TT designs.

Micro Seiki in the early 80's was one of the proposers and even that theirs TT were not immune to vibrations as the SME. Btw, TechDas is Micro Seiki and nothing really new but its high price.

At the end a TT needs to have accurated speed stability in the short time periods and obviously over the time and must be extremely good damped to avoid internal an external vibrations/resonances of every kind, those are the main targets in any TT and that's what the SME does.

In the other side the FM Acoustics 223 phono stage has a way higher quality design and excecution of that design that your beloved Ypsilon that are in an inferior league no matter what.

The Ortofon cartridge I named is really competitive with any other you can have in mind, as I said it you can't go wrong with it.

Here the link to know why shorter arm instead 12" ones and this information comes by a SAT designer manufacturer tonearms. 12" is marketing for very low knowledge audiophiles level:

R.