Help me to choose turntable below 1600$.

I think mr_m is on to something. Exactly what I was going to contribute. A used Amadeus. I think at $1600, some nice options open up. Especially with an open mind to used or demo. I have a GTA, and am in the market for another table! My intention is to keep my GTA, and run the other table in my second system. Believe it or not, I'm considering a used Amadeus. Perhaps a boring choice, since it will be my second WT. Other interesting choices to me would be yogiboy's Polytable suggestion, or one of the entry level Pear Audio or Analogue Works tables.

fjn04, so Polytable and Amadeus are only one good?
How about Michell Engineering, Acoustic signature and Scheu Analogue? Are they good?

VPI HW-19 (any incarnation, the later the better) with an Audiomods Classic II arm. If you can find one, a Townshend Rock Elite (Mk. 2) in place of the VPI.

Hmm.. I don't want vintage turntables.

How about this SOTA?
http://www.sotaturntables.com/newtables/comet.htm