Here I go again with the shilling accusation, but the Rega RP6 and new Funk deck should also be perfect for your needs and give you change too Site both carefully and you can forget the mechanics of the replay and just enjoy the music.
Obviously for this money and the AOS being what it is, a Techie could be bought, re-armed and with mat, feet and probably MN bearing'd and plattered for around this price. Only the power supply would really need looking at I believe.
Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
Crying out at the top of my voice; Tell me now if you can hear me