Best used TT for under $1k?

I have a Pioneer PLX1000 with a Denon 103R mc cartridge. $699 and free shipping from various online sellers. Herb Reichert gave it a good review several years ago in Stereophile. 

+1 on the Pioneer. Also, the Rega RP3 with Elys should run you in the $7-800 range.

I have a Pioneer PLX1000 with a Jelco 750D arm, Nagaoka MP 150 cartridge, Herron 2 phono pre. It’s a good table.

Tom in Sacramento

Brand new Technics mk7 for $1000 is much better than Pioneer mentioned above. Pioneer was an alternative ONLY BEFORE Technics returned with their new line of turntables. Now Pioneer is a bad example and people who post here purchased them before Technics made their latest mk7 model few years ago! 

Latest Technics mk7 is the best you can buy under $1k, I've seen them NEW for $900

Chakster, maybe you can explain for the OP, and to all of us, the difference in sound between the Pioneer and Technics? This would be most helpful because I've never compared them so I don't know. 

Also, how could you possibly know that we all purchased our Pioneer tables "before Technics made their latest mk7 model few years ago!"
I purchased my Pioneer in 2020, so you're wrong there. 

I hold no malice toward Technics, and have no doubt it sounds fine.  But for now the Pioneer sounds very good for a budget-friendly table.  

Tom (the bad example) in Sacramento