Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive turntable?

[Trev]

I use Technics SL-1200s, too. Denon still makes a few turntables, or you can go for one of those cheap combination systems they sell in department stores. If you don't want to spend a lot of money, DJ turntables are your best bet. I used to browse gear at Pro Sound & Stage Lighting, which should be a good place to start for current, inexpensive turntables.

Regardless of what you buy, make sure you get the right cartridge and preamp (if necessary--some consumer/DJ kits have the RIAA bits built-in) for your content, as frequency response changes from component to component. Even if you skimp on the turntable and tonearm (really shouldn't skimp here, either), don't skimp on these.

[Trev]

I don't know if I'd recommend an SL-1200 for sound quality. It's certainly a spinning and mixing workhorse, but I don't know anyone that uses one for classical music or opera or anything else that depends on accurate sound reproduction. For the money, though, it's going to be better than most of the other DJ turntables on the market. Just something to keep in mind....

[Trev]

A friend of mine runs a vinyl to CD conversion business in his spare time (and also has something like 30,000 records in his collection). I'll ask him what he recommends. As I recall, he's recommended Rega products to me in the past.