Would the OP consider my Thorens TD166 Mk II mid fi from the 1980s? Bought it new in 1984 because I thought turntables would vanish 😆 and I wanted solid West German(!) engineering that would last. Got it with two carbon fiber arm wands. 39 years later, and it sounds great with either Ortofon OM 40 or Denon DL160. Had it modded a bit 12 years ago to damp the platter, upgrade the cables, and replace the feat with adjustable cups that hold racquet balls.
All I can say is that when I listen to needle drops done on that rig, through the phono preamp in my McIntosh C220 pre, using my Sweetvinyl Sugarcube to clean up the record and digitize it at 96/24 or 192/24, the sound often beats the hi res versions on Qobuz, especially in terms of soundstage width and height.
I sometimes think about some of the modern, moderately priced DD offerings from Thorens, Technics and Music Hall, but I just can't seem to justify spending the money to fix something that isn't broken.