[Jigglybootch]

As pleased as I am, I'd rather get a new turntable. Granted, a new cartridge and some contact conditioner would probably help tremendously, but the fact is that this with the Micro Seiki being as old as it is, I'd rather buy something newer that is guaranteed to last for a few years. There's no telling how much life the Micro Seiki has left. For my purposes, the GR-1 would be more than sufficient, as I don't yet have a tremendously large collection vinyl, but I'd be very disappointed if I bought it and found that it sounded no better than the Micro Seiki. That's why I was curious about how a $400 table from 2005 compared to, from what I can gather, a fairly high quality $300 table from 1979. The Micro Seiki must have been very well built, because it's obviously taken some abuse, yet it's still going strong, at least for the time being. But seeing as how I've pretty much given up on digital sources at this point, I want a nice, modern analog source with sound quality that surpasses what I've already got for a reasonable price, and the Goldring and MMF-5 seem to fit the bill, in my opinion. Once I gather a sizeable vinyl collection, then I'll think about going all-out on a really nice turntable.

I should mention that I've only heard 2 turntables in my life. The Micro Seiki (which I'm using as I type) and a Technics turntable that my dad bought to replace the Micro Seiki (which he as since sold, at least he thinks, because I couldn't find it anywhere).