Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black

I have mastered and am able to control photons of light. I can stand in front of a mirror and not see a reflection if I choose. And there is absolutely no noise at all while this is happening.

tubelvr,

A cost effective, simple upgrade would be to go with the 2M Bronze stylus on your current 2M body....The 2M Bronze is not as picky as far as setup as the 2M Black and much lower price for the stylus. I would second the idea of NOT ever buying a used cartridge/stylus unless you know the seller well. And Yes....as stated many times here and on AnalogPlanet.com, the Red/Blue bodies are the same and Bronze/Black is different internally and the body is made of a different less resonate hybrid material than the Red/Blue...BUT any of the 2M series stylus will fit any 2M series body. Next I'd consider a different phono stage. 

@chrisoshea.. I finally took your advice and took the plunge and ordered a bronze stylus for my blue cartridge. As you and others here have posted it should fit my cartridge so hopefully  it works out ok.  I’m excited to hear the improvements over my blue. And thanks to everyone for their great insight, helped me to come to a decision.

I would second the idea of NOT ever buying a used cartridge/stylus unless you know the seller well. @chrisoshea

We are talking about NEW OLD STOCK cartridge, not a USED CARTRIDGE? Do you know what is New Old Stock ? Never used, never mounted, like new. Astatic and Glanz are way better cartridges than your Ortofon 2M series, but the cost of the Astatic MF 100 with LineContact stylus from that Japanese seller is just $280 (with free shipping worldwide) and the cartridge is NEW (unused). Nude LineContact stylus, you can buy 3 cartridges for the price of one 2M Black for example. Instead of a spare stylus which is cost $500+ anyone can buy 2 x Astatic MF100 cartridges (with nude LineContact stylus and Moving Flux generator) for the price of 1 Ortofon stylus. Not bad if the cartridge is NOS, don’t you think so?

Do you know how many of us have bought Astatic and Glanz ? Simply seach audiogon and you will find all the info.

I would like to remind anyone who's afraid to buy even used cartridges that you can always return a cartridge with no loss on ebay under paypal buyer's protection (if you think the cartridge is not as advertized), this is simply guaranteed for any purchase on ebay with paypal payment.

I think it would be much more problematic for you to return a new Orotofon if you don't like it than any items purchased on ebay.

Some people just don't want to learn about simple rules for ebay policy and paypal protection. 

Here is a pro-fun suggestion.  It may not exactly be about a direct path to the highest upgrade, but as implied by the budget of the OP I actually think it will in the end be a good milestone in the ascension to higher audio:

(1) Upgrade to an Ortofon 2M Bronze.  It's a noticeable upgrade without being a quality mismatch with a budget turntable.

(2) With the rest of the budget, get a tube phone preamplifier.  Pro-Ject makes a bunch but the most fun I had with a tube phone preamp was the Yaqin MS-12B.  Not the quietest in the world, but the ability to find decent old stock 12AX7 and 12AU7 tubes (which can be pretty cheap) and roll tubes, change sounds, is a ton of fun.  And you can use the thing as a line level preamp too!

Overall there will be some initial sound improvement with the potential for more as you find tubes.