Dear
@lewm : I think you dit not read yet the whole link I posted to the OP, please read it. There you can find out a precise answer to your question where you can see that in some specs, like w&f, beats not only every single Technics but even the P3 by Pionner.
Additional to that it comes with very good tonearm. Here you can see it:
http://www.hifido.co.jp/KW/G/P0/A10/E/0-10/S0/C12-64851-46165-00/Can any one ask for a better TT that this Yamaha?, now just imagine this GT 2000 with today up grades not only at electronic level ( as you mentioned. ) but on: plinth, platform and the like.
Years ago, in other thread, I posted that this and the DP-100 by Denon were the TTs TO GO . Anyway, the Yamaha is other example of the greatness of vintage japanese DD TTs.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.