Streamer vs. Cart upgrade (here we go again…)

My take….
I had Hana EL and upgraded to ML. Incredible cartridge and it sounds great.
But records are indeed expensive. If you want to have a virtually limitless music library at your disposal and buy a record or two occasionally, spend the money to get a streaming setup. How good and how much to spend on it depends on what your primary source is for serious listening - is it vinyl or streaming.

I ended up selling my entire analog setup to focus on getting my streaming front end as good as I possibly could. I don’t miss playing records. 

Your streaming situation is in dire need of help so by all means do that and you’ll hear a huge improvement in performance.  This is not a close call IMHO. 

I have invested equally in my vinyl leg and digital streaming... ($45K each). They sound the same ( I carefully selected cartridge / phonostage and streamer / DAC to zero in on natural / musical sound with details exactly in perspective), although streaming can sound better when playing high definition content. I never play my vinyl any more although I have a collection of 2,000 pristine and audiophile recordings. If I was starting over now, I would skip the vinyl and put all my money into streaming. You can see my systems... in particular my main system, under my userid in my virtual systems. 

@ghdprentice that’s why my analog setup is gone. I doubt I’ll ever play a record again. Need to sell my vinyl collection. It’s a PIA from every angle you look at it. Streaming, when set up properly with good components, beats CD and vinyl. 

As stated, invest in your streaming, no question.