I find my best deals at record shops and craigslist. You have to look and feel before buying.

I like direct drive. There are no idler wheels that get brittle with age.

I like heavy platters. The heaver the better.

I like standard cartridge headpieces. You can mount anything.

I don’t like builtin preamps.

I don’t like linear tracking.

Anyway—hope some of this helps.

See

http://dvautier.home.comcast.net/lp/lp.htm

or maybe

http://dvautier.home.comcast.net/audio/audio.htm

good luck on your TT purchase