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New Turntable or Better Cartridge?

I own a vintage Well Tempered Table and would like to upgrade my analog system. Should I purchase a new table (Rega Planar 8 and a $1500 cartridge) or simply keep the Well Tempered, save a considerable amount of money and spend it on a much better cartridge?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
gsal
roberjerman
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Keep the WT and get a better cartridge. Hana LE ($500) or Hana LS ($750) mc cartridges are a good choice under $1K and better than any MM and MI cartridges!
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noromance
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What cartridge do you have now? A new cartridge can breathe life into an older but capable table. Consider reducing the amount of damping fluid a little. 
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gsal OP
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Thank you both for your replies. I was looking at the Hana ML as a possibility with a new Rega table. As I said however, if I don't change my table I would be willing to put the thousands of $ saved into a much better cart. That would open the possibility up to maybe a Lyra Kleos. Would a WWT be a suitable table for such a high end cart?
At the moment I still have an old Grado TLZ cart. 
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