Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money?

On my prior post, I would like to add that my assumption was that your Linn and its tonearm are not damaged, are lubricated properly and located in a good solid rack. In addition, I would pick 4-6 records that are good recordings with little or no compression to use as my reference. For example, reproductions from Three Blind Mice recordings from IMPEX is a good start (i.e. Isao Suzuki's Blow Up or the TBM 6-LP collection), Keth Jarrett's Koln Concert and Standards Vol 1 and 2, Willie Nelson's Stardust, Talking Heads Live 1980-1981, Patricia Barber's Cafe Blue will be my test foundation to evaluate articulation, harmonics, soundstage and dynamics.

Again, all the best in this journey, Basile

I guess my post wasn't clear enough or I didn't present it clearly...the Linn  and VPI table are long gone,sold along with the phono i had.What I have right now doesn't matter its just something I bought on the cheap,no intentoons on using it..I have no intentions on getting new power with a built in phono at this time.I have a pretty decent record vacuum cleaning system..I have 100s of LPS in various conditions most better than the norm......Again all I was asking was where to put my funds and suggestions on what to purchase...thanks

Roger that OP !
IF i had your budget and needed to leap soon it would be Hagerman Trumpet or Sutherland phono, Hana ML or Ortofon Black , and the best refurbished SOTA Sapphire w arm you can wrangle out of SOTA.  

Best to you on your journey….

This is not a suggestion to purchase, but only a list of items that can be a very attractive Set Up for Vinyl Replay.

It is a result of your making it known a Cheap DD TT has generated a Revisit to pondering an Analogue Source.

Denon DP80 @ $400 + Import Shipping + Tax - Approx $650.               Panzerholz/Permali Plinth @ $350.                                                          Tonearm @ $800-$2000                                                                        Cartridge @ $900 - $2000 (Bought with usage and Refurbished can get a substantial performing Cart)                                                              Phonostage @ $1000

Mount this on a decent support structure and a @ $4K Spend can have one with a TT that much much more monies spent will struggle to surpass. 

Will the Set Up satisfy to the condition that is being sought after, nobody know's, only experiencing the Set Up in the listening environment will be enough to make this known.                                

Hello, 
I like the Hana ML for you. It’s semi warm and somewhat forgiving. If you want a little more detail take the VTF/ weight below 2 g. Maybe 1.9 g. 
Music Direct has it for less than $1k. I would skip the Ortofon carts with the Shibata stylus unless you are going to pay a few hundred to have it setup properly. Shibata styli can be difficult to setup by eye. 
I like Sota a lot but it might pull too much from your budget. So maybe a used technics 1200 variant for $1k- $2k. I like the idea for you that you can switch cartridges/ headshells as needed. Last but not least is demo phono stages if you can. The Herron is really nice if you can find it. Get new tubes if you can. I like the Idea of the MOFI deck because it usually goes on sale and you can pick it up at Music Direct with the cart. The most important thing is setup. I would tell you J.R. From Wally tools but it will blow your budget. Brian Walsh travels to several states and lives in the Chicagoland area. If those two do not work and you buy the cart and tt from MD then have Bess from MD set it up using Analog Magic. Two more phono stages to look at are the a used Pass labs 17 dice you have pass or the Hegel V10. They are both very good. Don’t be fooled by the Hegels size and wall plug in. It is a transformer not a switch mode. It is balanced too. I believe 72db of gain. I have one on my system along with a Hana cart. I hope this helps.