Turn Table upgrade, please advise

I'm not sure what exactly you mean. The hierarchy of turntable upgrade needs in my opinion is this order:

Bearing
Speed control
Tonearm
Phono stage
Cartridge

Entry level Schroder arm at $2150. That arm will do justice to a Universe! Honestly, I think it's the buy of the century in tonearms.

Linkoping,

I was speaking in very general terms. It's simply a pecking order of where the investment should go first. A person buys the best table they can afford with the best bearing offered. That's the heart of the entire assembly and is key to quiet operation. Speed control is ultra critical. The more close to perfect the better. Incorrect or unstable speed will kill all the enjoyment you should experience. A great tonearm will make a lesser cartridge sing to it's potential (vs. a lesser tonearm compromising a great cartridge). An excellent phono stage is required to allow the signal to pass at it's best and is therefor required prior to the best cartridge you can afford.

I don't mean to say one cannot do things out of order. And, I really want to say that this need not be taken as expensive either. Everyone has a budget and I think you should live in it. In my own case I have a much lesser table combination than many. It works for me because the rest of my system isn't resolving enough to reward me with what a much more expensive turntable combination could give. I've lived by these rules and found it's the cheapest way because you only buy things one time. BTW, I'm not responsible for inventing this list. I just followed advice given a long time ago and have been rewarded with major satisfaction at each step.