This is an unusual thread. Not helpful. All the recommendations make sense in their own way. I started with thinking "turntable (Technics 1200GR)" then read millercarbon's view so I switched to "cartridge", then like that back and forth.
The only thing I could recommend is....do not go out and buy it today. Sleep on it, let it settle, develop your own feel for it. In not so long of a time, you will end up with a new cartridge and a new turntable anyway. So, you may wait a little and do what mikelavigne recommended, too.
Choices, choices.