Help me to choose turntable below 1600$.

@chakster,

I don't know where you're finding used 1200s, but the only ones I ever see going for less than $400 look like they fell out of a gig van a few dozen times.

I have a new ProJect 2Experience SB turntable with a blue point MC cartridge which is in your price range around 1400-1500 and it looks great - comes with a cover as well.  Depends what kind of sound you like to listen to and this combination is more mellow.  Very happy with it.  Having bought this - I might go one step up turntable from this model- or try a slightly more revealing cartridge but it is very musical and pleasing and with older records - it doesn't highlight their condition with tons of pops etc. 

 Make your life easier and choose a Technics 1600/1700/1900 series direct drive or Dual 1200 series. Get a Yamaha preamplifier from the 80s and you'll still have some money left for a decent cartridge. Old cartridge body and new JICO stylus if you can't find the original. You really don't want to be messing with dropping the needle and picking up the arm every 20 mins or so. Enjoy the music and the sound as it was intended to be!

Well, this won't make your choice any easier: New VPI Cliffwood table at $900. (and the Scout Jr. is being blown out at $1299 most places as it's discontinued). 

http://americanmadeaudio.com/2017/06/30/vpi-launches-entry-level-cliffwood-turntable-actually-made-c...