My (really quite serious) suggestion is whatever turntable and cartridge you have now with a Herzan active isolation platform under it (which should take care of your $10k)
installing a TS-150 underneath my EAR radically improved the solidity, pace and detail in my mono LPs, and of course also helped with stereo as well 😎
installing a TS-150 underneath my EAR radically improved the solidity, pace and detail in my mono LPs, and of course also helped with stereo as well 😎