I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve?

@chungjh 

"So are you currently happy with the modded Rega P10?"

I'm not sure if this was meant for me? as I can't see mention of a P10 by anyone.

My Rega Arm was fitted to a modified SL-1200 mk II. It was an improvement on the stock arm, but not night and day. It required extensive work/expense and after the experience, I would say not money well spent.

The modified Technics arm project, using a straight Aluminium tube inside a Carbon tube was also only a very small improvement over the original.

The deck with the linear tracker was a larger improvement, but there were so many mods, the only thing remaining from the Technics was the DD Motor assembly/PCB. Advanced DIY skills needed for the deck and again I wouldn't recommend going that route.

I've started looking elsewhere, to idler drives, which can have their own issues, but building the decks is a hobby for me and I enjoy the making. Not everyone has the skill, tools or time to do the same.

The Technics deck is almost an over achiever, it works very well as is and not much in the way of performance gains can be had, from the many expensive mods that can be applied. Gains are only relatively small for the outlay, which is why I think your money would be better spent elsewhere, if you want bigger differences. Expect to pay for that though.

The Audiomods arms have great value/performance ratio but deserves a better deck.
The Schroeder string and magnet design, if done as a DIY build has huge potential, or for a ready made, start at around £2.5k if memory serves.

Dear @qwin  : The OP TT is way superior to the one you own, starting but the DD motor and tonearm magnesium build material. Both looks similar but that's all, are way different .

R.

@rauliruegas 

You've been reading the marketing hype.

The SL-1200 Mk II and SL-1200G are remarkably similar in performance, my source is Technics own spec sheets and in some areas the MkII measures better.

For most comparisons performance can be classed as the same.

Dear @qwin  : Unfortunatelly specs sheets don't " sounds " by it self.

The new Technics motor is a total departure from what Technics did it  in the past including the SP-10MK3. The new motor is coreless design and this improves the quality performance as it does the magnesium used in the tonearm arm wand.

Again, different " looks like " TTs.

R.

@rauliruegas 

I can appreciate there are differences in the motors, the start up torque is higher on the new one, but start up time is exactly the same. Basic speed stability, wow and flutter is no better (worse). The literature talks about cogging, everyone knows this was marketing hype by the belt drive brigade to try and undermine specs they couldn't compete with, when DD first appeared. Technics seem to have jumped on this as a way of promoting the new motor. But basic common sense tells you, they could not achieve such high levels of speed stability and wow/flutter figures if cogging was real thing. As for the arm, they changed from one alloy to another for the tube, same plastic yoke and crude fixing method, whoopy do.
Sorry, we'll just have to disagree on this, for me the price tag is just way to high and the attempts to talk up the spec just don't stand scrutiny.
Its a good deck, always was, but you soon hit a performance ceiling when trying to upgrade and you need to jump ship to improve further.
All my opinion of course, but that's what was asked for.

I'm sure the OP will take all opinions into account and make his own mind up.

This is off track from the question of how he can improve what he has.