Where's the next weak link in my analog chain?

I’d save up and do the table. It is true you will get a bump with a better cartridge. I guess it depends on your personality. I would rather make big moves as opposed to frittering away money doing small incremental moves. Moving up a level will net a better table / tonearm and cartridge. My rule of thumb is always make moves 2x in investment. If you do your research then it’s going to be a big sonic gain.

This is traditionally how I’ve approached things. Wait for bigger upgrades and shoot for 2x for a meaningful impact. But now the impacts are getting larger, lol.

If I did go up in table I would probably wait until I could go 1200G with an MC cart in the $1500ish range. I’d want to demo other tables before committing (VPI, P8), but I’m very drawn to the seemingly simple ownership experience of the 1200G. I also believe a 1200G2 may be coming down the line with the updated power supply, but I’d imagine that would likely push the price to $4500. Not a deal breaker, but more time to be patient to get there. But could be just a year give/take if I can stay focused. I did just make some updates in the chain that would carry over to a new table as well.

I’d like to get a new streamer/dac at some point too, but I’ve been very focused on the analog end lately. I have decided I'm going to wait until SWAF comes to Dallas so I can have some cash in hand if anything strikes me there as well. Fingers crossed I can see/hear some of this more affordable gear there. 

Great rig! I'd buy some more records, kick back, and enjoy.

I would want a tonearm with removable headshell, to pre-mount a few cartridges, including Mono. Arm height adjustment is important.

Or, if you find yourself with a lot of Jazz, probably a good bit of Mono LPs, two arms, one with removable headshell and easy arm height change.

Luxman PD444 is a terrific TT, track and sliding plates for 2 tonearms

This shows the Luxman PD444 well

I helped my friend put two Micro Seiki 505 arms on his

same design, single arm version PD-441

I have this, totally awesome arm, members here told me about it, then found one for sale for me

Acos Lustre GST-801

Mounted in the back of my JVC PL-2 two arm plinth (I squeezed a small Mission arm on the left for Mono ready to go)

I say go for a nice MC cartridge. It will still be viable when you make your move on a new turntable.

clarify what is included and what is optional, this SP15 Spinner has specs that rival todays technics models, the base accepts a few different arm wands, one is S arm with removable headshell

Technics SP15 System

see current, SP-15 and SP-25 specs in this database

I helped my friend install the B500 Base on the SP15 I gave him years ago, it is a wonderful way to have a compact system with flexibility.