My old Systemdek II has finally died peacefully - the motor and power supply have stopped working. Rather than replacing these I intend to shop for a new turntable.

I have a budget of about $1500 but could stretch it by maybe $500. I intend to use my existing Audio Note IQIII MM cartridge and Simaudio LP3 phone stage for the time being.

My Preamp is an Ayre K5XE-MP.

Musical tastes include prog rock, classical, some jazz etc etc.

So what are the best TT's for this amount of money? Music Hall? Clear Audio? Pro-Ject?

Thanks for any advise

Mike