Good turntable needed, need recomendations.

From the responses people give when I play vynil and what keeps me using vynil primarily over digital is the sound quality first and foremost. Appearance should be a distant second and with the value you have set out in price I cannnot think of any tables that would not meet your criteria of trophy looks.

Personally if I had that much scratch to put a vynil set up together I would spend 40% on the table and arm, 20% on the cartridge and 40% on the most important part. The phono stage!

Have to agree that a high value vynil rig set up front and center in a home theatre with the intent of selling them for 2 channel anolog would not be as optimal as a dedicated 2 channel set up for the purpose of selling anolog. To each his own but I personally would never buy a turntable of high value set up in a home theatre system for retail.
I cannot remember anyone going to look at home theatre systems and coming home with a turntable worth 10 to 20 grand.
Cheers

Good quality tables with a bit more style than Basis, check out Brinkman, Raven, and Origin Live. However, having a local dealer who will take care of setup and keeping you happy may be a better choice overall.
I purchased my table used, and learned to setup the arm and cartridge myself. I invested in the proper tools to perform the work and in my view, it is part of the vinyl experience. You may not want to be involved with that part. If you're willing to take the plunge on setup, then your options are wide open.

If your not a vinyl guy.Then I would stay away from Oracle and Linn. Stay with a table that's a set and forget. Oracles and Linn can be a nightmare to set up and they need much in setup maintenance.Just my thought on the subject.

My Oracles have been set and forget. This myth of difficult setup has been passed down from the original Oracle Delphi and was mostly solved by MKII and solved by MKIv. The latest MKVI is no more difficult to maintain than any table after you put it together. The Linn I dont know anything about.

It seems like appearance will be a major factor in your decision. Maybe the best way to go about this would be for you to visit Needle Doctor, Elusive Disc, Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds. Find a few turntables that appeal to your sense of style (there are plenty below AND above your budget), then come on back and ask for our opinions on them. I, of course will have no opinion because you're playing in a league with which I am unfamiliar.
-Bob