I don’t have a ton to add, but maybe I can help a little. I have used both well-regarded older turntables, and high-end newer ones. They can both be excellent.
Either way, you hit pretty sharply diminishing returns once you spend more than a few hundred dollars. An SL-1710 with a Denon 103 is a pretty darn good setup. You can beat it with more modern gear, but I’d guess you’ll need to spend a lot. Probably more than $1000 on table and cart to really best what you have now.
I don’t have a ton to add, but maybe I can help a little. I have used both well-regarded older turntables, and high-end newer ones. They can both be excellent.
Either way, you hit pretty sharply diminishing returns once you spend more than a few hundred dollars. An SL-1710 with a Denon 103 is a pretty darn good setup. You can beat it with more modern gear, but I’d guess you’ll need to spend a lot. Probably more than $1000 on table and cart to really best what you have now.