Quote Originally Posted by N. Abstentia
I have no problem at all going used. I just can't justify spending lots of cash one something that may get used maybe 30 minutes a month. I'm sure anyone owning/selling a nice turntable these days is going to be straight up and will take care of their equipment. In other words...I won't buy a pair of used subwoofers from the 17 year old kid driving the truck lowered to the ground with 4 different colored fenders and primer on the hood and the bumpers falling off but a guy who has a nice turntable is going to be more mature and all that...well you get the point

I'll keep an eye out.
If you simply want to recreate the vinyl spinning experience out of nostalgia, one of the turntables you mentioned will do the trick. I think, however, that the other posters are trying to steer you to a "better" turntable because they believe, as I do, that once you hear vinyl on a turntable made for sound quality, you're going to want to buy more and more vinyl. It's entirely likely that the 30 minutes a month will turn into a few hours a week or more! Vinyl is that good and you may find yourself hooked!

Audiophiles tend to treat their equipment like classic car owners treat their cars! Most of the gear I've seen on the used market is at least a 7 out of 10 as far as looks, although if you look into vintage gear, age sometimes is a factor. It wouldn't surprise me at all if you found a Music Hall 2.1 in pristine shape for $150 and it wouldn't surprise me at all that, once listening to it for awhile, that you decide vinyl sounds better than CD. A less expensive turntable typically will not do that for you. But the choice is yours. Good luck!