Next step in Turntable

@frozentundra , I can only tell you what I would buy for that money and I will try to give you reasons why
I would get a Sota Sapphire with the standard drive. If you really want to spend more on the eclipse package, it is your money but you will be hard pressed to notice a difference. Get it with Sota's refex clamp and dust cover.  The Sota Sapphire is a classic turntable. It was the very first suspended turntable to "hang" from it's suspension rather than sit on it like the Thorens and Linn turntables, a much more stable design. It was the first turntable that was totally immune to foot fall and just about everything else. It's dust cover is isolated from the sub chassis to which are mounted the platter and tonearm. You can and should use it during play. It further isolates playback from the environment. The Sota's suspension system was so good it was copied by both Basis and SME.
It is much less sensitive to whatever you place it on. You can strike it vertically with a hammer with the volume all the way up and you will not hear a thing. There is no alternative in this price range. The next step up would be the Sota Cosmos Vacuum followed by the Dohmann Helix.

I would put a Schroder CB tonearm on it. The Schroder is a brilliant design. It has great bearings in the right locations limiting warp wow, magnetic antiskating (no friction) and no unnecessary contacts between the cartridge and phono stage. It is a neutral balance arm, VTF does not change with elevation. It is, in spite of it's sophistication very simple looking. I love that.  Alternatives would be the Reed 2G and the Kuzma 4 Point 9

Next would be the cartridge. I would get a Soundsmith "The Voice"  It is a moderate output moving iron design with a top notch fine line stylus and ruby cantilever. It is a far better value than any moving coil cartridge in some ways there is no moving coil cartridge that can outperform it. It will be more dynamic and have a much better signal to noise ratio. I doubt there is a moving coil cartridge that can out track it. The Soundsmith is made in the States and service is reported to be excellent. Re tipping is relatively inexpensive. Alternatives would be the Clearaudio Charisma, a great rock and roll cartridge for sure and a grand less expensive than the Soundsmith. The least expensive moving coil cartridge I really like is the Ortofon Windfeld Ti. It is 1 grand more expensive than the Soundsmith and to get the best out of it one should have a current mode phono stage like the Channel D Lino C

In disclosure I have both a Schroder CB and Soundsmith Voice sitting in boxes waiting for their turntable, a Sota Cosmos Vacuum.

Pindac, I think you making life far more complicated than it needs to be.
First of all, how a turntable sounds under optimal conditions is not the only important characteristic to pay attention to. There are other issues that are very important such as how well is the cartridge isolated from the environment and how well does the tonearm track a warped record? How nice is the turntable to use? Can you put your hand down on it to cue a record? 
Much of a turntable's and tonearm's performance can be determined by just looking at them with a critical eye. They are in truth very simple mechanical devices. All good turntables with the same cartridge mounted under optimal conditions are going to sound pretty much the same...except maybe to audiophiles to whom hearing is synonymous to hallucinating.  

Gents;

Now, we are going in the direction I had hoped!

Definitive choices , not theory and should be , or according to another !

I love the latest posts :  

yes, my Budget is that , $10-15k 

The best systems I have heard , and listened to extensively
    Go from $25-$45k. They have all the good stuff
    The big question for me is “ can you get there” for $10k…….

But, My priorities are much more conservative 

Jeff

There are so many ways to approach this! Have you thought of an ultrasonic record cleaner? If the budget can bear it, how about an Ultrasonic record cleaner, which could be put together relatively cost-effectively with a system from CleanerVinyl, and an upgraded turntable in the 3 to 5K range? I won't mention any example TT's here because that is sure to put some people off. Every analog head has their favorites! I'm sure you can figure that out with a few critical listening auditions under controlled conditions.

+1 @tablejockey
Assuming $10k budget, Rega P10 plus their tonearm is a great choice. A used VPI like the HW40 or Avenger or the Brinkmann Bardo would also be great options. I purchased a used VPI Avenger rim drive with 2 arms for $8.5k.

Hana offers great price-performance value. But once you get to this level of turntable+tonearm performance you can hear/resolve differences between different cartridges significantly better - you may want to do a cartridge upgrade.

The $2.5k PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier is a newer design that garnered many positive reviews and is somewhat a bargain at it’s price point.