Should I upgrade my turntable?


I am actually happy with my Realisic Lab 400 with a denon Dl 160 cartridge. It is the best I have had but I really havent had a lot. Do you think one of the newer MusicHall or entry level offerings would better the sound. Supposedly the Lab 400 was the best radio shack made(and I dont know if that says alot). I have around $250 to spend if it might improve my system any. New or used dont matter to me
davidnboone
The small but intense 'flock' of Technics fanboys are gathering around another victim. oops i mean sucker, oops i mean some know nothing who may be easily swayed by a cluster of fanboys salivating over one more ordinary TT with a crappy arm. Funny how they flock to these posts.
My opinion, if you are happy with your TT stick to it!! Spend the money on LPs!!!
I just blew Thousands on TTs but I already HAVE 6,000 LPs. between yesterday and today I bought $80. in used LPs locally.
KEEP THE TT, BUY MUSIC
As you can see, the Technics table and its adherents have a few vocal detractors on this and other forums. I find the more venomous and derisive the language, the less trustworthy the source. From certain parties, it comes to sound like a broken record, devoid of any constructive information and pregnant with language that delights only its author--over and over and over again.

You'll be better off listening to more reasoned and reasonable voices, perhaps ones who know that the noun "flock" takes a singular verb and who will refrain from calling you a "sucker" or "some know nothing" (sic).

-Bob
Depending on what your using for a phonostage, your return on ivestment may be better upgrading that. I have a DL160 and it didn't really shine until I found a proper matching stage. In most cases any standard MM stage will do, but the output is low enough that I heard unwanted noise from my amp. to compensate. You may not have that problem though.
Agree a separate phono stage might be a good choice if you really want to spend the money on an upgrade, instead of on music.