Inexpensive turntable to play old records

Follow the Manual Cleaning Method in the Link.

There is a very very good end result and the Albums will, in relation to their cleanliness be possibly the cleanest they have ever been.

This might change ones thoughts on the condition and encourage many of the collection to be considered to be replayed using any Cart'.   

PACVR-3rd-Edition

I am sure that with proper care the damage to your main system will be almost nil. However…the old records might sound more involving on a less expensive rig. These records were mixed with the assumption that the main listening would be either on AMradio , a jukebox, or the inexpensive gear of the day. I listen primarily to Classical Music, but when I am in the mood for popular music from the fifties through the mid seventies while I always appreciate the higher detail that my current system allows, the music just sounds more natural to me over something like Bluetooth or an entry level analog system

I use a vintage Yamaha direct drive YP-D6 with a low cost Ortofon cartridge - it sounds great, and fun playing scratchy old records that way...played thru a refurbished Yamaha CR-400 Receiver, or surprisingly good  and tiny Schiit Mani 2 phono pre...

Uturn audio builds a nice turntable in USA for low $$$$. I've run one to death banging the worse $1.00 records to get a kick out of some nostalgia inspiring LP's. I did put an Ortofon Blue in just because I did want to hear something. Its good enough for those LP's you'd be scared to play otherwise. They can come with built in pre amp if you can allow yourself to compromise even to that extent. (I couldn't go that far! LP snob, I admit) Its been left spinning for endless hours on the same belt for ever. (Stylus up) 3 or 4 years old now (Third cartridge) Gravel is hard on a stylus   

Damn! Where did RadioShack go when we need them? Super cheap turntables for old records that must be played with no other consideration. Worked for me in 1985.