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Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables?

I have a Technics SL1000 MK3 in beautiful condition and in it's lifetime has seen very little use.
I am ready to send it off for complete electronics restoration/upgrade, upgrade the speed control processor module and have the Krebs mods done.  Will cost about $2500.00 to have all this done.

I was wondering how this would compare to what is out there for modern turntables after all the work is done? 
Or, would I be better off selling it, and adding what I was going to spend for the upgrades to a new turntable?
I believe these should sell in untouched condition for at least $5K?  So that would put me in the $7.5K range for a modern table?

For tonearms, I already have:
New, unmounted Moerch DP8
Fidelity Research FR64S, in beautiful condition that I sent off to Ikeda/Japan and they re-wired (better silver wiring, I still have original wires) and completely tore it down and rebuilt/re-lubed.... it's just like a new FR64S.

I think this table would be hard to beat at the $7500.00 price point, but would appreciate others opinion.

Rick

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solypsa
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Sp10mk3 in good nick with restored FR64S is a great thing. Btw how much was the cost for the FR64S service and rewire at Ikeda?
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rich121 OP
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With bank transfer fees, plus return shipping & restoration/rewire it was $900
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No love for the Moerch DP8 tonearm?  :)
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chakster
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FR-64s is good, I also have 64fx, 64fx PRO, Ikeda IT-345 and waiting for FR-66fx. 

Aesthetically 12’ inch tonearms are much better for SP-10 mk3 and mk2. 

My favorite on my ex mk2 was Reed 3p Cocobolo 12’ inch.


lewm
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Dover, Good to know you have actually had hands on experience with an SP10 Mk3. And yes, of course I realize that computer technology is now way ahead of anything available in 1980-ish.  You guessed correctly; I probably didn't even own a computer back then.  But I also don't think that running a motor at 33.33 rpm is in any way comparable to the complexity with which a modern home computer has to operate. The SP10 Mk3 using the JP Jones module in lieu of the original MN6042 and with the Krebs mod is a superb turntable to my ears. I was hoping that JP Jones would get in on this conversation, because he speaks with an authority I cannot muster when it comes to the electronics. I've often read about the Grand Prix Monaco and the precision of its speed controller out to at least six digits after the decimal point.  Yet the thing was never a big hit with the public.  That could be due to elements of its construction such as platter composition and mass and other factors having nothing to do with its apparently stringent speed control. Could it be that their latest "upgrade" besides being accurately reported (I am not implying fraud), is also a marketing tool meant to revive interest in the product?  Like the old days when one solid state amplifier would tout .01% HD until another would tout .001% HD and so on.  We ended up with the Phase Linear 700W amplifier with .0001% HD and an awful sound. (A red herring, I know.)  Seems to me in the world of servo design for turntables, different engineering groups have espoused different approaches.  Some have favored a "loose" control over a tight one. I believe NVS is one of those that minimize the frequency of corrections.  Among vintage turntables, the Kenwood L07D is in that latter camp.  The art of DD turntable design is as much one of taste and personal listening preferences as it is an absolute science; I think that is another way in which the analogy between modern computer design and operation, where speed and capacity are undeniable measures of performance, and DD turntable control breaks down. 
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