My suggestion would be to keep the Dynavector 17D (Karat), and have your Scout bumped up to Scoutmaster level by VPI.
The 17 is a tremendous cart, and from what I understand, the Scoutmaster upgrade takes an already excellent turntable to the Aries level, while retaining the smaller footprint of the Scout. My own Scout is at VPI being transformed even as we speak. The upgrade is 900.00 and you can invest the other 1100.00 in vinyl.
As Cmk pointed out, unless you have >60db of gain in your phono stage, you are not hearing what this cart is capable of.
The 17 is a tremendous cart, and from what I understand, the Scoutmaster upgrade takes an already excellent turntable to the Aries level, while retaining the smaller footprint of the Scout. My own Scout is at VPI being transformed even as we speak. The upgrade is 900.00 and you can invest the other 1100.00 in vinyl.
As Cmk pointed out, unless you have >60db of gain in your phono stage, you are not hearing what this cart is capable of.