Is the Basis 2001 a solid enough table to keep.

I do not what to spend a great deal of $$$ on a cartridge. I know there are many great carts that do not dent the wallet so heavily.....so any suggestions would be helpful

Think about a Lyra Delos.
When it is too cheap. don't be fooled from 2. Hand offers (new 7000 $, now 1800...), most can't scratch that one.

I use a Audio Technica AT 33 EV, which I got for $400 and a Denon 304, which is now around $500. One of the on line reviewers uses the 33 along with a $5K Dynavector and fells there is not a significant difference.

Thank you all for the comments and suggestion. I probably should have used the word "good" instead of great when asking for a reasonably priced Cartridge.

I did buy a new Denon DL103 to establish a base to work off of. My table should be here in a couple weeks.
Thanks again to all!

Old thread, but this past summer I also bought a Basis 2001. It came withe Rega 300 arm. I upgraded to a Vector IV and put a Benz LP-S cartridge on it. I really like this table and tonearm, especially good marriage with the Benz low output MC and the Herron VTPH-2. In addition, I consider AJ Conti and Keith Herron two of the industry's super heroes. They are artisan engineers who obsess the details and care more about delivering the very best product versus spending their time selling and marketing. I have a modest system, and each of them have gone out of their way to help me as I jumped back into analogue. Hard to put a price on that type of expertise.