Turntable advice

I suggest being a little speculative as well, most owners of a Vinyl Collection have experienced uplift in value.

Start Buying Albums, Keep them in their Cellophane until the Vinyl Rig is set up and ready to go.

Albums are a increasing in value Commodity, there are plenty of record collectors who will vouch for this.

The TT Rig might be wise to have a Koetsu Cart' as these are in my view certainly going to increase in Value, even as a well used model.

Ortofon's buy back deal, enforced the used Cart' Market for their Brand to rocket, a Cart' that is revered by many across the Globe and no longer in production will be a good speculative purchase, and many will suggest a wise choice as a Cart'.

Other Purchases are going to depreciate, hence the used market is great as a source to buy into TT's and Tonearms. 

Harmony and the ML. Later you can upgrade to the Umami blue/ Red. They have a really great trade in policy at certain times of the year. 

@dan_springer, by all means stay with your dealer. Before you buy anything I think you should learn as much as you can about the physics of playing a record. There are also some quirks with the market you should understand. One good one is the pricing of cartridges. Audiophiles will pay more for a moving coil cartridge. The manufacturers respond to this by charging more for moving coil cartridges, much more. Below about $2000 you will get more performance from high output cartridges. Moving Iron cartridges in particular such as Soundsmith and Grado cartridges are fine performers. I suggest you watch this video it is a great primer on turntable and tonearm design. Just keep in mind that with high performance cartridges anti skating is mandatory. 

Turntables primary function is to play records, not to look cool or impress the neighbors. I would not mind getting a list of all the turntables and cartridges your dealer carries. I would be happy to comment their design if you like.e

IME- asking a question like that in this forum will give you exactly zero resolution to the question.  I suggest that you already know what table you want and are looking for validation of your decision.  Go with your gut!  It’s your rig you have to enjoy it! You can’t go wrong if you feel it’s right for you!