Thanks all,
Seems like spending on new turntable is best value for sound. I was willing to go say a Hana cartridge (ive heard both EH and SL on a P3) but not sure investment on p2 of cartridge at that price point would be worth it if I could simply sell the p2 now for not much of a loss and go Clearaudio direction.
If I go EL or SL also need to get a new phono preamp but I would need to do that going to a MC cart on the Clearaudio as well so that is a wash. So I guess what I ultimately need to figure out which is hard is going to Clearaudio table lets say Hana SL cartridge in which case im shelling out a net $2500 more for better table components, tone arm etc, am I gonna get that much better sound audibly than upgrading to a Hana EL or SL on my P2 maybe with a groove tracer subplatjer upgrade for net investment of $1000. I'd say after typing this is $1500 more investment worth it for me to go to Clearaudio.