New to the black plates- looking for TT at 3K

Hi All,

JUst to give the general picture :
I just started to build my system from scratch,well almost...The JBL L300 are here to stay .
I sold my all my sources and amp(Transport,DAC and my old Thorense 160).
My Amps are almost done - based on 211 tube to 845 power.
I heard some DACS but i decided theres many options and i understand it will be better to wait till 2011 for new DAC.
So i decided to take dust out of my vinyls collection.

My budget stands about 3k$ - Inlcuding eveything(exculding phonostage which i take it for it later).
I assume i can get better tt for this money in the second hand market but not sure which one .

I really loved Michell's design but heard there are more audiophile at the same price rate.

Looking for good TT that can play all around music with charms but still accurate and dynamic (can i exepct it to sound at least as very good CD?)

Thanks!