Clearaudio Aurum Beta S vs. Denon 103R

I am not sure you'd consider it an upgrade...if you 'love' the 103r, why change it?
Something interesting would be to mod the 103r to p[ut a wood body onto it, like here:
http://www.theanalogdept.com/images/spp6_pics/Classifieds/Uwe%20Bodies/Bodies3-1.pdf
there is a review here:
http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=vinyl&n=694577&review=1
I would seriously consider something like that rather than going to an MM cart (especially when you like the MC)

Yes, do the wood body on your 103R. There is some pretty compelling info at the vinyl asylum (just do a search there using aurum beta and audio technica) suggesting the Aurum Beta S is nothing more than a slightly improved AT 95.

My guess is that a $69 AT 120E would equal or better the Aurum Beta S.