Mod my Rega P5 OR...time to move on ??

As a budget alternative I have used ZYX carts in Jelco 750 tonearm and the carts work quite well with the heavier arm. 

http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649386311-vpi-prime-6-months-old-2800/

http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649383010-new-in-box-vpi-classic-1-turntable-with-jmwclassic-1-to...

scm-2 listings that can still be negotiated for less.
The Classic is about double the cost of more mods, and itsa NEW table, clearly superior in build. Since sonics are subjective, just how much "better" it is than the P5?

For a little more, the Prime will have the nicer arm and VTAon the fly.

I will say the modded P5 is reasonably close to the Calssic,but the stock Classic is closer to an uber table more,then any modded P5 will ever be.

Youre treading dangerous waters $$$ dumping more money into that P5

Willie---you can read all about the Audiomods arms on the company's website. They are made by hand by a master machinist, who uses only the latest Rega arm tube, all other parts machined by him in his shop. The design is his own, and contains a lot of unique ideas. A lot of arm for the money.

@bdp24 - apologies - I misread your post. I read it as saying the VPI arms were very different.

I have the Audiomods Classic, so I know about them.

From what I have read the compliance between the two brands is different.

Apologies for the confusion - cheers

Around the time I got back into vinyl I purchased a Rega p324. To me it sounded clean and with all the prat they talk about. Then shortly after I really fell in love with the old Empire tables, so I found a 208, dampened it up and threw a SME m2-9 on it. I gave the Rega to by brother and continue to enjoy the Empire, but the story doesn't end here.
The next thing I did was order an audiomods arm for the Empire.
I'll cut to the chase. I now spin the Empire with the SME and the Audiomods with a modded up Union Jack rp3 and  the Rega sounds clear detailed and very enjoyable with plenty of weight in my system. I would threw an audiomods on your p5, they really are fine tables. On a side note I really like the the rb303 arm. To me it sounds full and cohesive, just not quite as airy and extended in the top end as the Audiomods.

hope this helps
JP