Needles & Grooves

On the cheap-cheap end, yes. Monoprice Monolith is another good option. The new U-Turns too.

I remember a few years back people seemed excited about Fluance's options for more affordable turntables... though they're not quite AT-LP60 affordable

U-Turn and Fluance's cheaper options are a little more expensive than an LP120, but you're getting a much more solid product that you can run with well into the future, with lots of options for individual component upgrades. AT's offerings feel so much cheaper, more "plasic-y" in comparison.

@kvetcha my buddy got the monolith and had a bunch off issues with it. We couldn’t get the tone arm balanced. Think the tonearm cables may have been too tight. Returned it and got an RT-81