Intermediate rubber/blade suggestions

I do not know much about equipment or Palio Expert 2. But i have been a coach for several years, and a lot of players do the mistake to buy to fast equipment which hinder their developement. Do not do that mistake! Better to have to slow than to fast i think. As long as there are good grip in the rubbers so you can do the correct technique and get the expected result then it is good.

It seem to be a 5ply premade with Palio CJ8000 rubbers according to this blog:
https://www.experttabletennis.com/palio-expert-2-review/

Buy an all-round blade, like Donic Applegren all play for example.

Get some rubbers like Xiom Vega Intro. Controlled rubbers. Stick with it for next few years!

Don't EJ. Eventually you can change the rubbers to something better but the blade will do you fine until expert level.

An advanced table tennis player can spin, serve, and smash just about anyone off the table with your setup. I'd stick with it. You can buy replacement rubbers very cheap at Eacheng.net or you can get it at colestt.com if in the US. I play at a club where they start everyone off with your exact setup and they have plenty of power, control, and spin. Save the money and enjoy getting better

Ill always recommend the stiga all blade with yasaka markVs.

Another excellent blade is the tibhar samsonov alpha sgs which i personally like much better.

With these types of blades you can just incrementally increase the speed of your rubbers but never lose the control aspect also.

Hello.
For the blade Stiga All Evolution, Yasaka Sweden Extra or TSP Swat 5. Any of those will help for a long time.
About the rubbers a pair of Vega intro, TSP ventus basic, Stiga Mendo or Yasaka Mark V in 2.0mm.
Hope it help you out.
Kind regards.

Going general instead of specific names:
Loopers who value control over max speed often choose a five-ply all wood blade. Most of the recommendations here are in that category. There are a million different 5-plys out there. You should be able to borrow some for a hit. One main way to limit the choices is by outer veneer. Limba or koto are the two most common. If you can try some you may find one of those woods feels better to you. I encourage you not to research and intellectualize the properties of each wood. Just hit with some bats and see if the ones that feel better mainly use one wood for the outer veneer.

Once you know that, it's mainly about comfort in your hand. Different brands use slightly differing handle shapes and sizes, get one that feels good to you.

The other blade properties that matter are thickness and head size. But imo you will quickly adjust to those as long as you get the feeling you like.

For rubbers, you are a looper, so you want decently spinny ones. One decision is if you want a different rubber for fh and bh, or the same. Keep in mind that many rubbers from different brands are pretty much interchangeable, since they come from one third-party factory in Germany. If you use different rubbers, get two that are different either in the sponge thickness (2.1mm v 1.9), or sponge hardness (rubbers with numbers, or fx, or soft in the name).

If you can try other people's bats to select your blade, then obviously you will be trying out their rubbers too. Find one or two that feel good to you. It's not necessary to pay a lot for rubber, but they make a huge difference in the way the finished bat plays. Massively much more than choosing between different 5-ply wood blades.

The safest bet is if you test soneone's setup and like the whole package, just copy that. If you can't try before you buy, then get any popular 5-ply wood, and any lively and spinny rubber. The most important thing is that there is no best or perfect setup, and thinking logically about it is fine if you enjoy that, but it isn't particularly useful. The way it feels to you is all that really matters.