Hey Rick, mine is sitting idle at the moment but its one of the few components I've had that never let me down or needed servicing so its staying. They come up for sale every once in a while at ridiculously low prices. The sl-1700 was based on the 1200 platform but with that semi-automatic feature which I miss on the VPI Scout.
Here you go for nostalgia.
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/technics/sl-1700.shtmlI've been getting back into vinyl since early last year and its a no contest for dynamic range and musicality compared to cds. I've been rediscoving my vinyl collection though half of it is too scratchy to listen too. The stuff that's in good condition never sounded better. In fact just this morning I dug out my original pressing of Tom Petty's "Damn the Torpedoes" and "Hard Promises" from around 1980 while I was doing my morning excercises.
Its amazing how much better they sound than the cd versions.
