Originally Posted by
Irrational Fear
The Stanton ST150s are a great turntable, you won't go wrong with a pair of those. Other alternatives to consider would be the Reloop RP7000s and the flagship Audio Technica model. There are a couple of others too, the names of which escape me at the moment. All of the above are around a similar price- but all cheaper than the PLX-1000.
Second hand you could also look for any of the above to get them a bit cheaper, or the other two obvious options are a pair of Technics (a good condition pair will probably be more expensive than the other TTs listed), or a pair of Vestax PDX2000s (ideally Mk2s) which should be around half the cost of the Technics and most likely the cheapest option overall.
They are the options I would be looking at for turntables, yes most of those manufacturers make cheaper models but the above models are the ones you want- for the build quality and the torque. They are all turntables that you will never have to 'upgrade' from.