Money well spent

i have a musical fidelity mxvynl it can run any mc .my ace is a low output.red... ls . I would not consider selling my classic unless the price was right.Its the front mount motor and i truly like it ,its on 2"audiopoints and sounds great I do believe the cart is the next step of course if i stay put. The prime is at the top of the list with the trans fi if i go that route. the upgrade would be a g min. plus a cart so it will compound from there. 
I would be interested in the 2-3 k range for a  cart if i stay put with my classic .. thanks everyone for the imput 

inna,
This trans fi from vic just intrigues me . Guys just rave over that arm and the people using it are spinning on some serious tt. getting back to the upgrade i just am at the point were i feel i need to upgrade my cart, and think is this my best plan yannow..

Oleschool, I guess, you want to do both, just not sure what to start with. In any case, if you go with expensive cartridge upgrade now you do want to be sure it will work just fine in a new arm should you decide to follow up with the table/arm change. It just may be mostly a matter of taste and opportunity if you buy used. I would almost certainly start with the table, someone else with the cartridge and another one with separate phono stage, perhaps even tube one.
Tell us what you eventually have decided.

"It is the front mount motor and i truly like it ,its on 2"audiopoints and sounds great I do believe the cart is the next step of course if i stay put."

Are you using/considered the motor controllers?(SDS,Phoenix)  
Without it, you're not hearing 33.3. I would like to use one, but the version I have 
is the AC regen. Can't use without a VPI motor mod. 

I have and would like one , when strobed my table is very close . i just have always spent my money somewhere else.. At this point i really need to give some serious consideration as to my next tt as inna  said . The trans fi is an air bearing tangital tracker rim drive and the prime is the pivot of course , i hear so many positives about the new 3d . But people rave over vics trans fi 

      I may get a cart for now , my classic just keeps a steady value over the yrs .  
I would like
a dynovector xv1s
Znx airy 2-3  
benz micro lps
something along those lines used from a solid gon member . This would roll right into a prime . And keep my ace to setup a package tt deal to a freind or something next spring . The ace was a g retail imo i think if i take the next step i need to get up in the higher price carts. If i know the member i would have no problem snagging a 5k cart for 2500 bks .