I got me a Technics SL1900
Has a comparable base to the SL1200 but also some home features like auto start stop, and even repeat. And it's just a good looking old school turntable
It just looks like a proper turn table..
And they generally run much cheaper then the SL1200 series
Stick an Ortofon Concorde on there which is not an audiofile stylus but it's a good one to play old records with impefections, the concorde rarely skips.