Either one will get you another huge step up. So which one is best has less to do with how much improvement you will hear (massive either way) and more to do with your long term plans and goals.
For example, say you get a great cart like the $1500 Soundsmith Zephyr MkIII https://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/fixed-coil/zephyr-mk-iii A great long term choice that allows affordable re-tipping. Huge improvement now and another huge improvement later if you upgrade to a better table and keep the Zephyr.
Then when you upgrade the table you can focus on the table and arm and get better. Whereas if you buy a better table now you have to accept a package with a cheap cartridge, sort of right back where you are now only at a slightly higher level.
Either way you will hear huge improvement. I just think that with turntables you're really buying four separate components- table, arm, cart, phono stage. The sooner you can separate and start dealing with each on its own the bigger and better your long term results will be.
A new quality cartridge is just your first step down that path.
For example, say you get a great cart like the $1500 Soundsmith Zephyr MkIII https://www.sound-smith.com/cartridges/fixed-coil/zephyr-mk-iii A great long term choice that allows affordable re-tipping. Huge improvement now and another huge improvement later if you upgrade to a better table and keep the Zephyr.
Then when you upgrade the table you can focus on the table and arm and get better. Whereas if you buy a better table now you have to accept a package with a cheap cartridge, sort of right back where you are now only at a slightly higher level.
Either way you will hear huge improvement. I just think that with turntables you're really buying four separate components- table, arm, cart, phono stage. The sooner you can separate and start dealing with each on its own the bigger and better your long term results will be.
A new quality cartridge is just your first step down that path.