...so I’m just asking what do you consider "suitable"?Orpheus10, my apologies for the delay. A bit over a dozen years ago, I was on a similar search to the one the OP finds himself. Over our time in this hobby, my wife and I have made it our practice to choose for what makes a difference in our musical enjoyment and to change equipment only infrequently. When we have made an equipment change, we’ve sought to make it a material improvement in our enjoyment of music and not make lateral moves. Typically, I do the research, come up with candidates and then my wife (who is my listening partner) joins me in the listening evaluations.
A dozen years ago, our search was for a "final" turntable that would be the turntable to which we could expect to end our audio ventures still listening.
The turntable we settled on is one we probably could not afford today, but the price at that time, while still very much a stretch, was one we could manage. We’ve never regretted the investment for an instant.
That turntable is the Walker Audio Proscenium Gold turntable. You can find the review I posted on Audiogon here:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-walker-audio-proscenium-gold-signature-turntable