Time for a new deck


So for the past few years, I've been buying used decks here and there to get slightly better sound, and never being satisfied, and am FINALLY ready to bite the bullet and get something that I can live with for a while.

I've looked at a handful, and the ones that interest me most are the SOTA Moonbeam, VIP's new Traveler, And Rega RP 3. My budget is going to be roughly 700-1000 USD.

Any thoughts on these or any other suggestions??
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So I just checked out the Concept, and it looks great! And I'm definitely looking to upgrade the preamp, I think first though is to purchase a decent table though.

Right now, I have a Audio Technia little 70 dollar preamp, that does it's job, but I know I can find better.

And it's running into a Dennon AVR-791 receiver, which I'm sure isn't ideal, but space constraints call for an multi-purpose audio solution, which I have my TT, my cable TV, and my computer running through.

All that is coming out of a pair of Epos ELS 3 speakers(which I got off A-GON a few years back at a GREAT price, and I love them)

I'll definitely keep my eye out for a Concept table, but if I do indeed go new, price difference between the table with a MM and MC cart is substantial (well, for me anyway) Is the extra 500 bucks for the MC cart really worth it? I feel like anything over what I have is an improvement so I'm sure I'll be happy with the MM cart, but I'm just curious about it.