Help me to choose turntable below 1600$.

pick a Rega that matches your budget, then see if there is anything better

oh yeh GEM

you will want to audition that one for sure

to be honest, you will need to audition 4-5 of these on the same music, same system - Sota, Rega, VPI, Pioneer, Technics...

not possible to decide w/o hearing them