Technics 1200GR and Audio Technica AT740ml cartridge.
This will give you extra dough to get a separate phono stage. But see how it sounds with the Mac stage before moving to a separate phono stage.
The Technics will be difficult to beat. Made in Japan...a drop of spindle oil every 20 years. The AT cart is right at the top of great MM carts.
MC carts are great when they don't hum. And the cantilevers are scary thin.