As always, finding a very good used one will get you more than buying new.
hifishark is a great place to find used equipment
here is ’tube phono’; USA only; sorted by first seen, new first. (to snap something you know you want before someone beats you to it).
after that, I switch to Canada, a lot of good stuff up there.
you can sort by price, and you can put a range of prices, min/max. I do suggest viewing a few hundred over your budget, sometimes a very desirable item pops up
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