I've been out of the TT game for years (seriously, mine hasn't even been plugged in for two years and I didn't use it for two years before that). If the market has changed significantly, then ignore me. That said, I had good luck trawling ebay for a used technics. The SL-1200, before it was resurrected, was used by DJs for years, so there are tons of them out there and a pretty good parts market to maintain them. BUT, and here's the big but, there are a whole lot of SL-series turntables that do not have the "1200" after the SL, and a lot of them share parts. For instance, I have an SL-D3 which is like the hi-fi version of an SL-1200 with auto-cueing and auto stop(meaning I walk up, hit play, and do not have to interact with the player until it's time to switch sides). I got this around a decade ago for about $100, oiled the motor/platter, added some mass to the plastic plinth for better damping, made my own cork mat, and called it a day. It even already had a decent cart on it (and AT LP something or other) which I just upgraded the stylus from whatever orange meant to whatever purple meant. There's an SL-D2 like mine without auto cueing, there's SL-1100-1600 (or more, I don't remember how many models there were exactly). The world is your oyster. If there's a particular feature you want, there's probably an SL table that either already has it or can be modded to have it. Except for belt drive.
and if I can eliminate the hat, connect the Pi4 directly to the Urd and see an improvement... it will push me over the proverbial edge.
