Calling all Sota fans.

@cleeds , Thanx. 

All you hear are glowing reviews from Sota Owners. Except from lewm,
He did not like his. I think it was a speed instability he did not like.

Here is a review on an updated Cosmos https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/sota-cosmos-eclipse-turntable/

The sota tables have survived the test of time which says a lot about their sound and quality because usually the life span for a company in the high end is ten years, but when a company makes it over forty years, that is saying something about the product.

I now know Sota tables are really good, so has anyone had a Kuzma, Techdas, Technics or TW Acustic table and sold or traded it for a Sota table because the Sota sounded better? that is the question I should have asked when I started this discussion. Tough question but if the Sota is better then the tables above the question needs to be asked.

Before I bought the Sota Cosmos I looked at several other tables carefully, Basis, SME and the Kuzma Ref2 and M. I would have like to have gotten a Schroder LT arm but it requires a table that can take a 12" arm. Sota's do not. I looked at the Kuzmas in detail and I have nothing bad to say about them. They appear well made. I could have gone for the M but I did not trust it's isolation and there was no way for me to test it in detail. I went for the Cosmos Vacuum and Schroder CB instead. The Basis and SME tables are IMHO overpriced. The Sota has a magnetic thrust bearing, vacuum clamping, a great drive system and a suspension I know works. It is also a joy to use. You don't have to be super careful around it. You can put your hand on while playing, even bang on it and you will hear nothing on your speakers. It has a friction hinged, isolated dust cover which you can close during play. For all the tables except the M I would have to make one.
It might just be that old people do not like change..........

...long ago, an ad pointed out that masters are cut tangentially....so it made perfect sense to play the lp the same way.

Not long after, I got to prove it to my own satisfaction.
Why complicate playback with issues of basic geometry?

Haven't owned a pivoted arm since an AR tt.....

Yes.  That long....;)