Looking for not too expensive Turntable

Dear Chakster,  I guess I was responding to your bald statement that "nothing" can beat the SP10 Mk2, presumably in its price range and in the category of vintage direct-drive types.  My remark was just meant in fun.  However, I agree that "below $250" is not the price range for either the DP80 or the SP10 mk2.  I've held on to my DP80, even though I do not use it regularly, just because the market value is so ridiculously low compared to its capabilities.  (I listen to the SP10 Mk3 and the Kenwood L07D most of the time.) I'd prefer to have the DP80 around just to look at, rather than to sell it for the too low price it could command.

Denon DP80 can "beat" SP10 Mk2 by a small margin.  Can be found for $600 to $900.  (I owned them both, both in custom slate plinths, ran them side by side in my system. End of editorial.)

What you may have heard from your un-named DD turntable may have been motor cogging, but it was definitely not "jitter".  Jitter has a very specific definition related to digital audio technology.  No need to muddy the water by misusing terms.  Since you don't name the offending DD turntable, it is difficult to comment, but your experience with one particular sample does not prove that you would not enjoy some other refurbished vintage Japanese DD turntable, like either the SP10Mk2 or the Denon DP80 or any of several lesser models; other than the Technics brand, they are all relative bargains in today's market.  By this I mean that the cost is a fraction of what you have to pay for similar performance from a new belt-drive.  And then there's also the Lenco L75, for the biggest possible bang for the buck. Straight out of the box, the Lenco is excellent, but to get the most out of it, the Lenco is for a person who likes to tinker.